The Effects of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

The Israeli matriculation certificate is a prerequisite for most postsecondary schooling. In a randomized trial, we attempted to increase certification rates among low-achievers with cash incentives. The experiment used a school-based randomization design offering awards to all who passed their exam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Angrist, Joshua, Lavy, Victor
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51829
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956