dc.contributor.author | Kremer, Michael | |
dc.contributor.author | Miguel, Edward | |
dc.contributor.author | Thornton, Rebecca | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T10:08:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kremer, Michael, Edward Miguel and Rebecca Thornton. “Incentives to Learn.” CID Working Paper Series 2004.109, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 2004. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:42482323 | * |
dc.description.abstract | We report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams had their school fees paid and received a cash grant for school supplies. Girls eligible for the scholarship showed significant gains in academic exam scores (average gain 0.12-0.19 standard deviations) and these gains persisted following the competition. There is also evidence of positive program externalities on learning: boys, who were ineligible for the awards, also showed sizeable average test gains, as did girls with low pretest scores, who were unlikely to win. Both student and teacher school attendance increased in the program schools. We discuss implications both for understanding the nature of educational production functions and for the policy debate surrounding merit scholarships. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Center for International Development at Harvard University | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications | en_US |
dash.license | LAA | |
dc.title | Incentives to Learn | en_US |
dc.type | Research Paper or Report | en_US |
dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | CID Working Paper Series | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T10:08:36Z | |
dash.contributor.affiliated | Kremer, Michael | |