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Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and Competitive Pressure
Ghosh, Arghya; Kato, Takao; Morita, Hodaka - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental improvements and modifications made upon the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822187
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Do Universities Shape Their Students' Personality?
Schurer, Stefanie; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Leung, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We investigate whether universities select by, or also shape, their students' personality, as implied by the human … should teach their students broader skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195826
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Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students
Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students’ test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555364
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Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students’ mathematical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700899
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The Power of (No) Recognition: Experimental Evidence from the University Classroom
Hoogveld, Nicky; Zubanov, Nikolay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … students who scored within the top 30% of their group on the first of the two midterm exams. The overall treatment effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884116
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Are Teams Less Inequality Averse than Individuals?
He, Haoran; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We compare inequality aversion in individuals and teams by means of both within- and between-subject experimental designs, and we investigate how teams aggregate individual preferences. We find that team decisions reveal less inequality aversion than individual initial proposals in team...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884177
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Maggian, Valeria; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884178
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The Individual and Joint Performance of Economic Preferences, Personality, and Self-Control in Predicting Criminal Behavior
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884182
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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884197
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Positional Concerns among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments
Akay, Alpaslan; Andersson, Lisa; Martinsson, Peter; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia that is modified to include multiplicity of reference groups. We estimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884230