<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (AAIMS) is program with the goal to increase Advanced Placement (AP) participation and increase the passing rate of AP exams. The program offers monetary incentives and support to students and teachers for one year, effectively creating a natural experiment. This paper exploits the one year treatment to empirically show that the program is effective at increasing a school’s AP participation rate by nudging the schools to increase AP offerings and satisfying a latent student demand for AP classes.</p></abstract>

The Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (AAIMS) is program with the goal to increase Advanced Placement (AP) participation and increase the passing rate of AP exams. The program offers monetary incentives and support to students and teachers for one year, effectively creating a natural experiment. This paper exploits the one year treatment to empirically show that the program is effective at increasing a school’s AP participation rate by nudging the schools to increase AP offerings and satisfying a latent student demand for AP classes.

Overcoming Inertia with a Nudge: How the AAIMS Program Increased Advanced Placement Participation in Arkansas

Studies in Business and Economics

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The Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science (AAIMS) is program with the goal to increase Advanced Placement (AP) participation and increase the...

Overcoming Inertia with a Nudge: How the AAIMS Program Increased Advanced Placement Participation in Arkansas

Publié en ligne: 08 mai 2018

Pages: 67 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2018-0006

Mots clés
AAIMS, Advanced Placement Participation, Advanced Placement Incentives

© 2018 Holt Andrew et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Overcoming Inertia with a Nudge: How the AAIMS Program Increased Advanced Placement Participation in Arkansas

Publié en ligne: 08 mai 2018

Pages: 67 - 75

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2018-0006

Mots clésAAIMS, Advanced Placement Participation, Advanced Placement Incentives

© 2018 Holt Andrew et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
AAIMS, Advanced Placement Participation, Advanced Placement Incentives