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Information and Students' Performance

Information and Students' Performance
It can be challenging to determine the right set of incentives—particularly non-monetary—to improve outcomes for beneficiaries. In Mexico, where the dropout rate for students is nearly 40 percent, Rafa De Hoyos Navarro and his team ran an intervention in which students in a treatment group received information on the economic benefits of finishing high school (which students tend to underestimate). While there was no impact on graduation rates, there was a .25 standard deviation impact on test scores, mostly concentrated on math scores—a significant effect, and an impressive demonstration of a simple communication intervention for improving student outcomes.
  • Learning Mode: 
    Video
  • Topics: Behavior Change, Behavioral Design and Poverty, Adult Education Methods and Programs, Graduation Strategy
  • keywords: 
    Behavior, Incentives, Information, Students' Performance, Students, Performance, non-monetary, Outcomes, beneficiaries, dropout rate, dropout, intervention, treatment, high school, graduation rates, Math, scores, Communication, Mexico
  • Language: 
    English
  • Length: 
    5.38

Printed on:17 May 2022 - 07:25 PM