òòò½Íø Journal:
Economic Policy
ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)
Cheating and Incentives: Learning from a Policy Experiment
òòò½Íø Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 10,
no. 1, February 2018
(pp. 298–325)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
We use a database generated by a policy intervention that incentivized learning as measured by standardized exams to investigate empirically the relationship between cheating by students and cash incentives to students and teachers. We adapt methods from the education measurement literature to calculate the extent of cheating and show that cheating is more prevalent under treatments that provide monetary incentives to students (versus no incentives or incentives only to teachers). We provide evidence suggesting that students may have learned to cheat, with the number of cheating students per classroom increasing over time under treatments that provide monetary incentives to students.Citation
Martinelli, César, Susan W. Parker, Ana Cristina Pérez-Gea, and Rodimiro Rodrigo. 2018. "Cheating and Incentives: Learning from a Policy Experiment." òòò½Íø Journal: Economic Policy 10 (1): 298–325. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150066Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- I21 Analysis of Education
- I28 Education: Government Policy
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration