Understanding the Response to Financial and Non-Financial Incentives in Education: Field Experimental Evidence Using High-Stakes Assessments
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- Burgess, Simon & Metcalfe, Robert & Sadoff, Sally, 2016. "Understanding the Response to Financial and Non-Financial Incentives in Education: Field Experimental Evidence Using High-Stakes Assessments," IZA Discussion Papers 10284, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2016-10-30 (Education)
- NEP-EXP-2016-10-30 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2016-10-30 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-URE-2016-10-30 (Urban & Real Estate Economics)
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