Effect
Average
Percentage
Points
| Country | Israel |
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| GDP per capita | 28,279 |
| Context details | Nonvocational high schools with the lowest scores in the sequence of national standardized tests (Bagrut rates) |
| Age | Grade 12 |
| Implementation year | 2000 |
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| Implementer | Other |
| Duration (months) | 6 |
| Cost | - |
| Intervention details | Students were paid $2011-$3219 for passing sections of a test needed for university admission; they also received awards for grade progression |
| Evaluation design | Randomized evaluation |
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| Cluster definition | - |
| Study | Angrist, Joshua, and Victor Lavy. "The Effects of High Stakes High School Achievement Awards: Evidence from a Randomized Trial." The American Economic Review 99, no. 4 (2009): 1384-1414. |
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| Sample | Outcome | Test | Source Table | Observations | Statistics on Effects%2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 12 | Graduation | 99999 | 99999 | 3,821 3.821 | Coeff: 6.70; SE: 3.60; SD: 100.00 |