Child Control in Education Decisions: An Evaluation of Targeted Incentives to Learn in India

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Human Resources
Year: 2015
Volume: 50
Issue: 4

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

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Abstract

I report the results of a field experiment in Gurgaon, India that offered cash and noncash incentives to learn either to children or to their parents. While I find no evidence that the identity of the recipient or form of the reward mattered in the aggregate, noncash incentives targeted to children were more effective for initially low-performing children while cash incentives were more effective for high-performing children. To explore the mechanisms behind this result, I present a model of household education production and find additional empirical results consistent with the model.

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RePEc Handle
repec:uwp:jhriss:v:50:y:2015:i:4:p:1051-1080
Journal Field
Labor
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-24