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Follow us Understanding peer effects
a PSC Small Grant Research Project
Investigator: Manuela Angelucci
The aim of the study is to conduct a “cookie vs. fruit” study in the school cafeteria during lunch and investigate whether – (1) an incentive has an effect on getting a child to choose a fruit over a cookie, (2) children who do not receive an incentive will be affected through “spillover” by choices made by incentivized children. Children endogenously choose a seating during lunch, and participate in a “session” based on their seating choice. Some tables have as few as 4 students, some other tables have as many as 10 students. We exogenously vary the following: proportion of students at each table who receive the incentive, amount of the incentive, whether we incentivize on selection or consumption.
| Funding: | Eva L. Mueller New Directions in Economics and Demography Fund |
Funding Period: 02/01/2011 to 06/30/2012
Country of Focus: USA
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