Arbeitspapier

The importance of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for measuring IQ

This research provides an economic model of the way people behave during an IQ test. We distinguish a technology that describes how time investment improves performance from preferences that determine how much time people invest in each question. We disentangle these two elements empirically using data from a laboratory experiment. The main findings is that both intrinsic (questions that people like to work on) and extrinsic motivation (incentive payments) increase time investments and as a result performance. The presence of incentive payments seems to be more important than the size of the reward. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation turn out to be complements.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7182

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Demand and Supply of Labor: General
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Thema
incentives
cognitive test scores

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Borghans, Lex
Meijers, Huub
ter Weel, Bas
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2013

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Borghans, Lex
  • Meijers, Huub
  • ter Weel, Bas
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2013

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