Motivation and incentives in education: Evidence from a summer reading experiment

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-20

  Guryan, Jonathan ^a   Kim, James S ^b   Park, Kyung H ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Incentives; Reading; Skills

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INCENTIVE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

EID: 84984602151     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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