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Paccagnella, Marco; Sestito, Paolo – Education Economics, 2014
In this paper we investigate the relationship between social capital and cheating behaviour in standardized tests. Given the low-stakes nature of these tests, we interpret the widespread presence of cheating as a signal of low trust towards central education authorities and as lack of respect for the rule of law. We find that cheating is…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Cheating, Standardized Tests, Student Behavior