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 attendance. However, only the merit-based targeting induced positive effects on test scores. The paper shows that the asymmetry of response is unlikely to have been driven by differences between recipients' characteristics. Higher student and family effort among beneficiaries of the merit-based scholarships suggest that the framing of the scholarship mattered for impact. The results suggest that in order to balance equity and efficiency, a two-step targeting approach might be preferable: first, target low-income individuals, and then, among them, target based on merit.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Barrera-Osorio, Felipe, Filmer, Deon
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-07
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15901
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