> There is a name for this effect Are you referring to incentives? Specifically turning a social incentive to a market incentive? > The fine actually validate

> There is a name for this effect Are you referring to incentives? Specifically turning a social incentive to a market incentive? > The fine actually validated the tardiness as part of a business transaction It should also be noted the parent’s monthly bill was around $380, and the fine was only around $3. So even being late every workday in a month was only an additional $60. And I’m sure some of those parents would happily spend that to be rid of their children for a little bit longer. I do wish it was recorded whether the length of tardiness increased as well, and what the mean and mode were. Whether parents started to abuse the time or not, in effect milking the daycare for care, is an important data point as well.