Sweat the small stuff: The effect of small incentive changes on participation in service-learning

Timothy Diette and Sara E. Helms

International Review of Economics Education, 2013, vol. 12, issue C, 20-32

Abstract: We examine the effect of small changes in incentives on student participation in an optional service-learning component of an intermediate level economics course using a field experiment. Professors frequently encourage but do not require participation in a particular course component. Yet little rigorous analysis exists on how to best encourage students to participate. We vary the reward for completing service between two randomly assigned sections of a course with a service-learning component. Students in the higher-incentive section are significantly more likely to participate. We highlight the implications for designing courses with optional components such as optional service-learning.

Keywords: Service-Learning; Undergraduate Economics; Participation; Incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A22 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iree.2013.04.007

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