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But Lin’s performance dipped as the 29-game season’s grind wore on, and the senior ended his collegiate career with a pair of lackluster performances at Princeton and at Appalachian State.
"These are substantial effects, as large as many other interventions that people have thought to be successful," says Brian Jacob, a University of Michigan public-policy and economics professor who has studied incentives and who reviewed Fryer's study at TIME's request. If incentives are designed wisely, it appears...
Eventually, Fryer and his team got 143 schools to sign up. About half would be randomly selected as a control group, meaning the kids would not be paid. In the other half, students would earn money for their performance on 10 routine tests given throughout the year.
Junior Ellen Macadam led the offense with a 5-for-7, 4-RBI performance, while sophomores Rachel Brown and Julia Moore took the wins on the mound.
Once left for dead, even by some of its leaders, the Republican Party has come roaring back into competition. The stakes are high in November; national opinion surveys show a two-percentage point GOP edge, and some polls even suggest that the Republicans could retake the Senate. Obama�...