Incentives to Learn

The authors report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams received a cash grant and had school fees paid. Girls eligible for the scholarship showed significant gains in academic examination scores (av...

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Main Authors:	Kremer, Michael, Miguel, Edward, Thornton, Rebecca, Ozier, Owen
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ABILITY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC YEAR ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ATTENTION CALL CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM LEARNING DROP-OUT RATES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FREE EDUCATION FREE PRIMARY GENDER GIRLS HABITS INDIVIDUAL LEARNING INDIVIDUAL STUDY INFERENCE IRON KNOWLEDGE LEVELS LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MOTIVATION NEGATIVE EFFECTS PAPERS PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PSYCHOLOGY RECALL RECOGNITION RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ATTITUDES TEACHER TEACHER STRIKES TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6046914/incentives-learn http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8200

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spelling	okr-10986-82002021-04-23T14:02:43Z Incentives to Learn Kremer, Michael Miguel, Edward Thornton, Rebecca Ozier, Owen ACADEMIC ABILITY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC YEAR ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ATTENTION CALL CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM LEARNING DROP-OUT RATES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FREE EDUCATION FREE PRIMARY GENDER GIRLS HABITS INDIVIDUAL LEARNING INDIVIDUAL STUDY INFERENCE IRON KNOWLEDGE LEVELS LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MOTIVATION NEGATIVE EFFECTS PAPERS PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PSYCHOLOGY RECALL RECOGNITION RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ATTITUDES TEACHER TEACHER STRIKES TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE YOUTH The authors report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams received a cash grant and had school fees paid. Girls eligible for the scholarship showed significant gains in academic examination scores (average gain 0.15 standard deviations). There was considerable sample attrition and no significant program impact in the smaller of the two program districts, but in the other district girls showed large gains (average gain 0.22-0.27 standard deviations), and these gains persisted one full year following the competition. There is also evidence of positive program externalities on learning-boys (who were ineligible for the awards) also showed sizable average test gains. Both student and teacher school attendance increased in the program schools. 2012-06-15T20:07:21Z 2012-06-15T20:07:21Z 2005-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6046914/incentives-learn http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8200 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3546 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Kenya
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topic	ACADEMIC ABILITY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC YEAR ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ATTENTION CALL CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM LEARNING DROP-OUT RATES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FREE EDUCATION FREE PRIMARY GENDER GIRLS HABITS INDIVIDUAL LEARNING INDIVIDUAL STUDY INFERENCE IRON KNOWLEDGE LEVELS LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MOTIVATION NEGATIVE EFFECTS PAPERS PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PSYCHOLOGY RECALL RECOGNITION RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ATTITUDES TEACHER TEACHER STRIKES TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE YOUTH
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC ABILITY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC YEAR ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENTS ATTENTION CALL CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM LEARNING DROP-OUT RATES DROPOUT RATES EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FREE EDUCATION FREE PRIMARY GENDER GIRLS HABITS INDIVIDUAL LEARNING INDIVIDUAL STUDY INFERENCE IRON KNOWLEDGE LEVELS LABOR MARKET LEARNING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT MOTIVATION NEGATIVE EFFECTS PAPERS PARENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PERCEPTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PSYCHOLOGY RECALL RECOGNITION RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL ORGANIZATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SIBLINGS STUDENT ATTITUDES TEACHER TEACHER STRIKES TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE YOUTH Kremer, Michael Miguel, Edward Thornton, Rebecca Ozier, Owen Incentives to Learn
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3546
description	The authors report results from a randomized evaluation of a merit scholarship program for adolescent girls in Kenya. Girls who scored well on academic exams received a cash grant and had school fees paid. Girls eligible for the scholarship showed significant gains in academic examination scores (average gain 0.15 standard deviations). There was considerable sample attrition and no significant program impact in the smaller of the two program districts, but in the other district girls showed large gains (average gain 0.22-0.27 standard deviations), and these gains persisted one full year following the competition. There is also evidence of positive program externalities on learning-boys (who were ineligible for the awards) also showed sizable average test gains. Both student and teacher school attendance increased in the program schools.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Kremer, Michael Miguel, Edward Thornton, Rebecca Ozier, Owen
author_facet	Kremer, Michael Miguel, Edward Thornton, Rebecca Ozier, Owen
author_sort	Kremer, Michael
title	Incentives to Learn
title_short	Incentives to Learn
title_full	Incentives to Learn
title_fullStr	Incentives to Learn
title_full_unstemmed	Incentives to Learn
title_sort	incentives to learn
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6046914/incentives-learn http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8200
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