Aligning learning incentives of students and teachers: Results from a social experiment in Mexican high schools

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 325-364

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Parker, Susan W ^b   Todd, Petra E ^a   Wolpin, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DOCENCIA ECONÓMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; HIGHER EDUCATION; INCENTIVE; LEARNING; STUDENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84925341760     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: 1537534X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675910     Document Type: Article

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