-referenced) and the relative (i.e., norm-referenced) grading schemes in a large-scale field experiment at a university. We hypothesize … that relative grading, by creating a rank-order tournament in the classroom, provides stronger incentives for male students … than absolute grading. In the full sample, we find weak support for our hypothesis. Among the more motivated students we …

field experiment in which we sent 1,248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants …

randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade … of primary school. We focus on pupils' development of relevant skill sets for entrepreneurial activity, both cognitive …

beliefs are more important for low-SES students' academic performance, that the intervention makes the teachers update these … beliefs, and—not least—that the intervention improves the reading skills of low-SES students and thereby reduces the …Prior research has shown that time spent in school does not close the achievement gap between students with low and …

This paper studies the effect of providing feedback to college students on their position in the grade distribution by … using a randomized control experiment. This information was updated every six months during a three-year period. In the … absence of treatment, students' underestimate their position in the grade distribution. The treatment significantly improves …

experiment is much more positive than their students' evaluations do improve significantly in response to receiving feedback. We …We ran a field experiment at a large Dutch school for intermediate vocational education to examine whether the response … of teachers to student feedback depends on the content of the feedback. Students evaluated all teachers, but only a …

More than two of every five students who enrolled in college in 2007 failed to graduate by 2013. Peer tutoring services … offer one approach toward improving learning outcomes in higher education. We conducted a randomized controlled experiment … designed to increase take-up of university tutoring services. Brief, one-time messages increased tutoring take-up by 7 …

promote healthier sleep habits. Toward this end, we conducted a field experiment with college students, providing them … improved sleep for the less overconfident among them. Using time-use diaries, we show that during the intervention, there was a …

learning. This paper investigates the impact produced by this shift on students' performance. We use administrative data of … four cohorts of students enrolled in an Italian University and adopt a difference-in-differences strategy exploiting the … face-to-face in the first semester. We compare students' performance in the second semester of 2020 with their performance …

student achievement. I provide evidence that the gender gap in math performance substantially increases when students are …