The study aims to test the framing effect on productivity of students in one of higher education institutions in Egypt … individuals are to affect their productivity responses to incentives framing. We are not aware of studies that have explicitly … to investigate whether the non-monetary incentive has an effect on individuals' productivity, and whether individuals …

We conduct a field experiment studying how financial incentives for achieving specific course grades affect university … incentives negatively affect performance, particularly among low-ability students assigned high goals. Survey data suggest this … students, whether effects vary by ability, and whether allowing students to choose their goals improves outcomes. We find that …

non-financial incentives and test their effect on effort and performance of students. Our identification strategy exploits …This paper examines field experiment in which we encourage the use of computer-based tests (quizzes) through a set of … cross-cohort experimental variation in assessment rules and within course variation in incentives to determine their impact …

We evaluate the impact of joint-liability incentives in the classroom using a randomized field experiment. The … instructor designs groups of three students in the classroom and provides a premium to their homework's grade only if all three … individual incentives treatment. We find that joint-liability incentives impact positively on the grades attained in homework and …

status associated with ranking through a randomized experiment at a Bangladeshi sweater factory. Treated workers receive …

This paper examines a quasi-experiment in which we encourage student effort by setting various weekly incentives to … engage in online tests. Our identification strategy exploits i) weekly variation in incentives to determine their impact on … deviation in exam grade. Effort in our study increases most for students at and below median ability, resulting in a reduction …

from a first-year economics class at a Sino-UK university, we examine how students assess their own and their peers …