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

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

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Project Citation:

Martinelli, César, Parker, Susan W., Pérez-Gea, Ana Cristina, and Rodrigo, Rodimiro. Replication data for: Cheating and Incentives: Learning from a Policy Experiment. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114631V1

Project Description

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.

Scope of Project

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

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