daycare_fines
Daycare fines
Description
Researchers tested the deterrence hypothesis which predicts that the introduction of a penalty will reduce the occurrence of the behavior subject to the fine, with the condition that the fine leaves everything else unchanged by instituting a fine for late pickup at daycare centers. For this study, they worked with 10 volunteer daycare centers that did not originally impose a fine to parents for picking up their kids late. They randomly selected 6 of these daycare centers and instituted a monetary fine (of a considerable amount) for picking up children late and then removed it. In the remaining 4 daycare centers no fine was introduced. The study period was divided into four: before the fine (weeks 1–4), the first 4 weeks with the fine (weeks 5-8), the entire period with the fine (weeks 5–16), and the after fine period (weeks 17-20). Throughout the study, the number of kids who were picked up late was recorded each week for each daycare. The study found that the number of late-coming parents increased significantly when the fine was introduced, and no reduction occurred after the fine was removed.
Usage
daycare_fines
Format
A data frame with 200 observations on the following 7 variables.
- center
Daycare center id.
- group
Study group:
test(fine instituted) orcontrol(no fine).- children
Number of children at daycare center.
- week
Week of study.
- late_pickups
Number of late pickups for a given week and daycare center.
- study_period_4
Period of study, divided into 4 periods:
before fine,first 4 weeks with fine,last 8 weeks with fine,after fine- study_period_3
Period of study, divided into 4 periods:
before fine,with fine,after fine
Source
Gneezy, Uri, and Aldo Rustichini. "A fine is a price." The Journal of Legal Studies 29, no. 1 (2000): 1-17.