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Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive

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  • Grieve Chelwa
  • Mashekwa Maboshe
  • Miquel Pellicer

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Like many developing countries, the achievement gap between rural and urban areas in Zambia remains substantial. For example, the share of students scoring well on the Primary School Leaving Examinations (the Grade 7 Examinations) in rural areas is about half what it is in urban areas, according to data from the Examinations Council of Zambia […]

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  • Grieve Chelwa & Mashekwa Maboshe & Miquel Pellicer, 2019. "Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive," Working Papers 178, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:178
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    Keywords

    Africa; Consumer Behavior; Education; rural development; Urbanization;
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    JEL classification:

    • D04 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Policy: Formulation; Implementation; Evaluation
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects

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