Financial incentives and student achievement: Evidence from randomized trials

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1755-1798

  Fryer Jr , Roland G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INCENTIVE; LANGUAGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STUDENT; URBAN AREA;

DALLAS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857411089     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjr045     Document Type: Article

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