The Impact of Financial Incentives on Academic Achievement and Household Behavior: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Nepal

摘要: We present evidence on the impact of piece rate financial incentives students’ school outcomes from a randomized field experiment in Nepal. Despite several experimental and institutional factors making it less likely finding positive treatment effect, I find that increase average aggregate scores by 0.09 standard deviations. The bulk gain is constituted large gains two subjects with relatively high baseline scores. There no noticeable difference between males females have higher students socioeconomic strata lower quartiles. My study contributes to growing literature short term academic recording household response incentives. show proportion who received help schoolwork at home, either hired tutor or member, increased among subgroups exhibit most Finally, rewards do not an adverse intrinsic motivation learn.