Learning for a bonus: How financial incentives interact with preferences

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 118, Issue , 2014, Pages 52-61

  Oswald, Yvonne ^a   Backes Gellner, Uschi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Financial incentive; Student performance; Time preference; Vocational education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904054465     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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