@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp7182, author={Borghans, Lex and Meijers, Huub and Weel, Bas ter}, title={The Importance of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation for Measuring IQ}, year={2013}, month={Jan}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={7182}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp7182}, abstract={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.}, keywords={cognitive test scores;incentives}, }