کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5058688 | 1476626 | 2015 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
- This study examines a school accountability program providing financial resources.
- This study uses the regression discontinuity design for the causal inference.
- The low-stake accountability program significantly improves student performance.
A key concern in the design of education policies relates to the structure of incentives in accountability systems. This paper examines a school accountability program that provides financial support to low-performing schools but has no direct punishment scheme for recipients who do not exhibit improvement. Although the program does not include high-stakes consequences, our estimates indicate that the program reduced the share of underperforming students by 18%. This paper's results suggest that to improve student achievement, a school accountability program does not need to set high-stakes consequences that potentially induce unwanted strategic behaviors on the part of school workers.
Journal: Economics Letters - Volume 137, December 2015, Pages 195-199