Editing Incentive (section)

== Incentives in education ==
Extrinsic incentives offered to unmotivated students can potentially have positive short-run effects on education.<ref name="auto5" /> However, the use of extrinsic incentives in education has been opposed on the basis that they are morally corrupt and have the potential to crowd out intrinsic incentives for educational effort.<ref name="auto5" /> Furthermore, there is scarce empirical evidence to support the success of monetary incentives awarded for educational ''outputs'' such as academic achievement as opposed to educational ''inputs'' such as attendance and enrolment.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fryer |first=Roland |date=November 2011 |title=Financial Incentives and Student Achievement: Evidence from Randomized Trials |doi=10.1093/qje/qjr045 |journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics |volume=126 |issue=4 |pages=1758 |doi-access=free}}</ref>

The dynamic effects of incentives are evident in the context of education. Studies have demonstrated that the impact of monetary incentives is dependent on previous academic performance and individual ability.<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |author1=Leuven, E. |author2=Osteerbeck, H. |author3=van der Klaauw, B. |date=2010 |title=The Effect of Financial Rewards on Students' Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment |journal=Journal of the European Economic Association |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=1259}}</ref> Monetary incentives tend to improve the academic results of high-ability students but have an adverse effect on the performance of students with lower aptitude.<ref name=":12" />