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| Author: | Bettinger, E. Slonim, R. |
| Title: | Using experimental economics to measure the effects of a natural education experiment on altruism |
| Journal: | Journal of Public Economics
2006 : SEP, VOL. 90:8-9, p. 1625-1648 |
| Index terms: | altruism education |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The aim of this article is to show how an educational intervention, a voucher program, affects students' altruism. The voucher program used a lottery to allocate scholarships among low-income applicant families. Using experimental economic methods and exploiting the lottery the article identifies the voucher effects. It also measures the voucher effects on parents' altruism and several academic outcomes including test scores. The results show that the educational intervention positively affects students' altruism towards charitable organizations but not towards their peers. The authors could not find statistically significant effects of the vouchers on parents' altruism or test scores. |
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