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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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7953
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Nicky
Hoogveld
Nick
Zubanov
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The Power of (No) Recognition: Experimental Evidence from the University Classroom
We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students at a Dutch university. Our treatment, given unannounced in randomly selected ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 67, 75-84)
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C93, M52
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7952
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Stephen
V.
Burks
Connor
Lewis
Paul
Kivi
Amanda
Wiener
Jon
E.
Anderson
Lorenz
Götte
Colin
G.
DeYoung
Aldo
Rustichini
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Moving Ahead by Thinking Backwards: Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success
We collected personality (Big Five) and demographic characteristics, and ran incentivized experiments measuring cognitive skills (non-verbal IQ, numeracy, backward induction/ planning), and economic ...
(revised version published as 'Cognitive Skills, Personality, and Economic Preferences in Collegiate Success' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 30–44)
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D03, I21, C99
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7951
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Nadine
Ketel
Jona
Linde
Hessel
Oosterbeek
Bas
van der Klaauw
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Tuition Fees as a Commitment Device
This paper reports on a field experiment testing for sunk-cost effects in an education setting. Students signing up for extra-curricular tutorial sessions randomly received a discount on the tuition ...
(published as 'Tuition Fees and Sunk-Cost Effects' in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (598), 2342-2362)
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C93, D03, I22
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7950
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Frank
M.
Fossen
Daniela
Glocker
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Stated and Revealed Heterogeneous Risk Preferences in Educational Choice
Stated survey measures of risk preferences are increasingly being used in the literature, and they have been compared to revealed risk aversion primarily by means of experiments such as lottery ...
(revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 97, 1-25.)
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I20, D81
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7948
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Dominique
Goux
Marc
Gurgand
Eric
Maurin
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Adjusting Your Dreams? The Effect of School and Peers on Dropout Behaviour
At the end of middle school, many low achieving students have to abandon hope of getting into selective high-school programs, which may be a source of disappointment and eventually lead them to ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (602), 1025-1046)
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I21, I24, J18
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7947
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Marco
Caliendo
Markus
Gehrsitz
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Obesity and the Labor Market: A Fresh Look at the Weight Penalty
This paper applies semiparametric regression models to shed light on the relationship between body weight and labor market outcomes in Germany. We find conclusive evidence that these relationships ...
(published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 209-225)
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J31, J71, C14
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7946
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Yuval
Arbel
Ronen
Bar-El
Erez
Siniver
Yossef
Tobol
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The Effect of Behavioral Codes and Gender on Honesty
We examine the effect of adherence to behavioral codes, as measured by the degree of religiosity, on the level of honesty by conducting under-the-cup die experiments. The findings suggest that ...
(published as 'Roll a Die and Tell a Lie: What Affects Honesty?' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 107, 153-172)
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C91, D63, Z12
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7944
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Chris
M.
Herbst
Joanna
Lucio
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Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported Happiness
Previous research consistently finds that racially-based residential segregation is associated with poor economic, health, and social outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the ...
(published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2016, 56 (3), 494 - 521)
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J10
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7942
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Terence
Chai
Cheng
Nattavudh
Powdthavee
Andrew
J.
Oswald
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Longitudinal Evidence for a Midlife Nadir in Human Well-being: Results from Four Data Sets
There is a large amount of cross-sectional evidence for a midlife low in the life cycle of human happiness and well-being (a 'U shape'). Yet no genuinely longitudinal inquiry has uncovered evidence ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (599), 126 - 142)
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I31, D01, C18
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7941
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Braz
Camargo
Rafael
Camelo
Sergio
Firpo
Vladimir
Ponczek
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Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance
This paper uses a discontinuity on the test score disclosure rules of the National Secondary Education Examination in Brazil to test whether test score disclosure affects student performance, the ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53(2), 414-444)
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I20, I21
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