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Sweat the small stuff: The effect of small incentive changes on participation in service-learning

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  • Diette, Timothy M.
  • Helms, Sara E.

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We examine the effect of small changes in incentives on student participation in an optional service-learning component of an intermediate level economics course using a field experiment. Professors frequently encourage but do not require participation in a particular course component. Yet little rigorous analysis exists on how to best encourage students to participate. We vary the reward for completing service between two randomly assigned sections of a course with a service-learning component. Students in the higher-incentive section are significantly more likely to participate. We highlight the implications for designing courses with optional components such as optional service-learning.

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  • Diette, Timothy M. & Helms, Sara E., 2013. "Sweat the small stuff: The effect of small incentive changes on participation in service-learning," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 12(C), pages 20-32.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ireced:v:12:y:2013:i:c:p:20-32
    DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2013.04.007
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    Keywords

    Service-Learning; Undergraduate Economics; Participation; Incentives;
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    JEL classification:

    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers

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