matter of course that economics should become a natural science. Such a characterization misses an essential aspect of a …

. First steps towards integrating awards into economic theory are undertaken. -- Awards ; non-monetary incentives ; economics …Awards play a large role in the economics profession, which is documented by the large variety and number of awards …. However, little scientific attention has been devoted to them. This paper documents the prevalence of awards in the economics …

happiness research is able to contribute important insights for economics. We report how the economic variables income … some of the consequences for economic policy and for economic theory. …

achievement. Data from the American Mathematics Competitions is used to produce counts of high-scoring students from more than two … Mathematics Competition ; mathematics education …

years. The intervention includes students aged 7-9 and consists of pulling students from their regular mathematics classes … into small, homogenous groups for mathematics instruction for 3 to 4 hours per week, for two periods of 4-6 weeks per … their performance in mathematics by .16 standard deviations at the end of the school year and by .06 standard deviations in …