When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_human_resources/v049/49.3.angrist.html
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
| Published: |
University of Wisconsin Press
2015
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95985 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956 |
| _version_ | 1811068594730041344 |
|---|---|
| author | Angrist, Joshua Oreopoulos, Philip Williams, Tyler |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Angrist, Joshua Oreopoulos, Philip Williams, Tyler |
| author_sort | Angrist, Joshua |
| collection | MIT |
| description | http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_human_resources/v049/49.3.angrist.html |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T07:58:15Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/95985 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | en_US |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T07:58:15Z |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/959852022-09-30T01:23:00Z When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards Angrist, Joshua Oreopoulos, Philip Williams, Tyler Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics Angrist, Joshua http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_human_resources/v049/49.3.angrist.html We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first- and second-year college students studying at a Canadian commuter college. The award scheme offered linear cash incentives for course grades above 70. Awards were paid every term. Program participants also had access to peer advising by upperclassmen. Program engagement appears to have been high but overall treatment effects were small. The intervention increased the number of courses graded above 70 and points earned above 70 for second-year students but generated no significant effect on overall GPA. Results are somewhat stronger for a subsample of applicants who correctly described the program rules. Spencer Foundation Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario 2015-03-12T16:47:45Z 2015-03-12T16:47:45Z 2014 2012-08 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0022-166X 1548-8004 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95985 Angrist, Joshua, Philip Oreopoulos, and Tyler Williams. "When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards." Journal of Human Resources, Volume 49, Number 3, Summer 2014, pp. 572-610. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jhr.2014.0019 Journal of Human Resources Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf University of Wisconsin Press Other univ. web domain |
| spellingShingle | Angrist, Joshua Oreopoulos, Philip Williams, Tyler When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards |
| title | When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards |
| title_full | When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards |
| title_fullStr | When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards |
| title_full_unstemmed | When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards |
| title_short | When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards |
| title_sort | when opportunity knocks who answers new evidence on college achievement awards |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95985 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-8956 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT angristjoshua whenopportunityknockswhoanswersnewevidenceoncollegeachievementawards AT oreopoulosphilip whenopportunityknockswhoanswersnewevidenceoncollegeachievementawards AT williamstyler whenopportunityknockswhoanswersnewevidenceoncollegeachievementawards |