These are 2008 AEA Conference Papers; please see also the full 2008 ASSA Preliminary Program Schedule.
Conference papers will be uploaded as they become available from the authors.

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Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto)

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM

Sunday, January 6, 8:00 AM
Session: Student Incentives in Action: Experimental Evidence from Offering Money for Educational Achievement (AEA)
Presiding: Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Paying to Learn: The Effects of Financial Incentives on Elementary School Test Scores
Eric Bettinger (Case Western Reserve University)

Incentivising: An Intuitive Approach to Raising Achievement
Roland Fryer ()

Lead them to Water and Pay them to Drink: An Experiment with Services and Incentives for College Achievement
Joshua Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Daniel Lang (University of Toronto)
Philip Oreopoulos (University of Toronto)

The Effect of Financial Incentives on Community College Attainment: Evidence from Opening Doors
Cecilia Rouse (Princeton University)


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Slate Magazine recently discussed former AEA president, George Akerlof's classic behavioral research and a 2012 American Economic Review study conducted by German and Swiss researchers to explore how gifting can motivate some employees more than cash incentives do in the workplace.

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