Evidence on the Efficacy of School-Based Incentives for Healthy Living - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
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Evidence on the Efficacy of School-Based Incentives for Healthy Living

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We analyze the effects of a school-based incentive program on children's exercise habits. The program offers children an opportunity to win prizes if they walk or bike to school during prize periods. We use daily child-level data and individual fixed effects models to measure the impact of the prizes by comparing behavior during prize periods with behavior during non-prize periods. Variation in the timing of prize periods across different schools allows us to estimate models with calendardate fixed effects to control for day-specific attributes, such as weather and proximity to holidays. On average, we find that being in a prize period increases riding behavior by sixteen percent, a large impact given that the prize value is just six cents per participating student. We also find that winning a prize lottery has a positive impact on ridership over subsequent weeks; consider heterogeneity across prize type, gender, age, and calendar month; and explore differential effects on the intensive versus extensive margins.
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halshs-00654850 , version 1 (23-12-2011)

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  • HAL Id : halshs-00654850 , version 1

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Harold E. Cuffe, William T. Harbaugh, Jason M. Lindo, Giancarlo Musto, Glenn R. Waddell. Evidence on the Efficacy of School-Based Incentives for Healthy Living. 2011. ⟨halshs-00654850⟩
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