Replication data for: Cheating and Incentives: Learning from a Policy Experiment

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Susan W. Parker; Ana Cristina Pérez-Gea; Rodimiro Rodrigo; César Martinelli

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Summary:  View help for Summary 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.

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      I28 Government Policy
      O15 Human Resources • Human Development • Income Distribution • Migration
      I21 Analysis of Education
      D83 Search • Learning • Information and Knowledge • Communication • Belief • Unawareness


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