General Information
Project description
This research shows that teacher and administration absences can negatively affect students’ reading and math abilities.Working with the Peruvian Ministry of Education (MINEDU) and the UK’s Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), we tested whether attendance could be influenced by sending different behaviorally informed messages by email. One email message conveyed the current level of attendance of one’s school district the “social norm” while the other built on teachers’ pro-social motivations by highlighting the positive effect of teacher attendance on student performance.
Detailed information
Final report: Is there a final report presenting the results and conclusions of this project?
Yes
Final report
Pre-analysis plan: Is there a pre-analysis plan associated with this registration?
No
Additional information
<h3>Does a third party implement the intervention or is this a collaboration with another team?</h3><div class="csp"><p>Peruvian Ministry of Education<br />
(MINEDU) and the UK’s Behavioural Insights<br />
Team (BIT),</p>
</div>
Who is behind the project?
Institution:
World Bank
Team:
eMBeD, Mind Behaviour and Development team
Project status:
Completed
Methods
Methodology:
Experiment, Field Experiment
Could you self-grade the strength of the evidence generated by this study?:
1
Start date:
09/01/2017
What is the project about?
Policy area(s):
Education
Topic(s):
Attendance
Behavioural tool(s):
Behavioural Diagnostic
Date published:
25 June 2021