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Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance

Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Brazil

Braz Camargo, Rafael Camelo, Sergio Firpo and Vladimir Ponczek
Journal of Human Resources, March 2018, 53 (2) 414-444; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.53.2.0115-6868R1
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We use a discontinuity on the test score disclosure rule for the National Secondary Education Examination in Brazil to test whether test score disclosure affects student performance in public and private schools. We find that the impact of test score disclosure on student performance differs between public and private schools. Our results suggest that this difference is driven by differences in the market incentives faced by these two types of school.

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  • Received January 2015.
  • Accepted December 2016.
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Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance
Braz Camargo, Rafael Camelo, Sergio Firpo, Vladimir Ponczek
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2018, 53 (2) 414-444; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.53.2.0115-6868R1

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Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance
Braz Camargo, Rafael Camelo, Sergio Firpo, Vladimir Ponczek
Journal of Human Resources Mar 2018, 53 (2) 414-444; DOI: 10.3368/jhr.53.2.0115-6868R1
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