Data and Code for: Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Framing: A Field Experiment
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Roland G. Fryer Jr., Harvard University; Steven D. Levitt, University of Chicago; John List, University of Chicago; Sally Sadoff, UC San Diego
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Project Citation:
Fryer Jr., Roland G. , Levitt, Steven D., List, John, and Sadoff, Sally. Data and Code for: Enhancing the Efficacy of Teacher Incentives through Framing: A Field Experiment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-12-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E148522V1
Project Description
Summary:
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In a field experiment, we provide financial incentives to teachers
framed either as gains, received at the end of the year, or as losses,
in which teachers receive upfront bonuses that must be paid back
if their students do not improve sufficiently. Pooling two waves of
the experiment, loss-framed incentives improve math achievement
by an estimated 0.124 standard deviations (σ) with large effects
in the first wave and no effects in the second wave. Effects for
gain framed incentives are smaller and not statistically significant,
approximately 0.051σ. We find suggestive evidence that the effects
on teacher value added persist post-treatment. (JEL C93, D91, I21, J33, M52)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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C93 Field Experiments
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
I21 Analysis of Education
J33 Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
M52 Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
C93 Field Experiments
D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
I21 Analysis of Education
J33 Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
M52 Personnel Economics: Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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