Incentivizing Schooling for Learning : Evidence on the Impact of Alternative Targeting Approaches

Incentivizing Schooling for Learning : Evidence on the Impact of Alternative Targeting Approaches

This paper evaluates a primary school scholarship program in Cambodia with two different targeting mechanisms, one based on poverty level and the other on baseline test scores ("merit"). Both targeting mechanisms increased enrollment and...

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Main Authors:	Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Filmer, Deon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC WORK ACADEMIC YEAR ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN ATTENDANCE RATES CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS CHILD LABOR CHILD LABOUR CLASSROOM CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT COHORT OF STUDENTS COSTS OF EDUCATION DELIVERY MECHANISM DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT EARLY GRADES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION MANAGEMENT EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELEMENTS END OF GRADE ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES ENROLMENTS EXAMS EXPENDITURES FEMALE SCHOOLING GIRLS GIRLS INTO SCHOOL GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER LEARNING HOME VISITS HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION LEARNING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING OUTCOMES LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL MATH TEST MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF STUDENTS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PEDAGOGY PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PERSONALITY PREGNANT WOMEN PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOLARSHIP PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIVATE LESSONS PROBLEM SOLVING PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION REASONING REGULAR ATTENDANCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE RETURNS TO EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL ENROLMENTS SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL FEES SCHOOL OFFICIALS SCHOOL PARTICIPATION SCHOOL READINESS SCHOOL SYSTEMS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCHOOLS WITH STUDENTS SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SKILL LEVELS SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY STANDARDIZED TESTS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS TARGETED INCENTIVES TEACHER TEACHER BEHAVIOR TEACHER EXPECTATIONS TEACHER INCENTIVES TEACHER MOTIVATION TEACHERS TEACHING TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS YOUTH randomization merit-based targeting poverty-based targeting
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18029267/incentivizing-schooling-learning-evidence-impact-alternative-targeting-approaches http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15901

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/07/18029267/incentivizing-schooling-learning-evidence-impact-alternative-targeting-approaches
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15901

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