The effects of monetary and nonmonetary incentives: On the study behavior of students - Softcover

Habets, Lars

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3848438542 ISBN 13: 9783848438549

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In December 2010 the Dutch government announced plans for new legislation that should diminish the number of longitudinal students. The bill contains requirements regarding the time for obtaining a bachelor’s and master’s degree. If students do not fulfil their study in the required time they have to pay an additional €3.000 fine. This bill for longitudinal students will become valid in September 2012, and was the underlying idea for this study. The purpose of this study is to gain understanding about the effects of monetary and nonmonetary incentives on people’s behavior. This is tested among more than 300 first-year students of the University of Amsterdam. The results of the study show resemblance with economic theory and also indicate that monetary and nonmonetary incentives do not always improve behavior as expected. The study points out that different incentives can improve the study progress of students. This raises the question whether a negative incentive, as the €3.000 fine, is the best way to achieve structural improvements in study behavior. Or are cost savings in Dutch tertiary education the underlying motivation for implementing the bill for longitudinal students?

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About the Author

Lars Habets has studied at the University of Amsterdam from 2006 to 2011. He has obtained the title Master of Science at the faculty Economics and Business Studies, and is specialized in Business Economics, track Organisation Economics.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3848438542
• ISBN 13: 9783848438549
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56