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ERIC Number: ED615353
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Jul
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Teaching and Incentives: Substitutes or Complements? Working Paper 28976
Allen, James, IV; Mahumane, Arlete; Riddell, James, IV; Rosenblat, Tanya; Yang, Dean; Yu, Hang
National Bureau of Economic Research
Interventions to promote learning are often categorized into supply- and demand-side approaches. In a randomized experiment to promote learning about COVID-19 among Mozambican adults, we study the interaction between a supply and a demand intervention, respectively: teaching, and providing financial incentives to learners. In theory, teaching and learner-incentives may be substitutes (crowding out one another) or complements (enhancing one another). Experts surveyed in advance predicted a high degree of substitutability between the two treatments. In contrast, we find substantially more complementarity than experts predicted. Combining teaching and incentive treatments raises COVID-19 knowledge test scores by 0.5 standard deviations. [Additional support for the working paper includes: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab via the Innovation in Government Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Innovations for Poverty Action via the Peace and Recovery Program at Yale University, and the Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics via the Ulmer Fund.]
National Bureau of Economic Research. 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-5398. Tel: 617-588-0343; Web site: http://www.nber.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Institute on Aging (DHHS/NIH)
Authoring Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research
Identifiers - Location: Mozambique
Grant or Contract Numbers: T32AG000221