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Closing the gender STEM gap : a large-scale randomize-controlled trial in elementary schools
Grosch, Kerstin; Haeckl, Simone; Kocher, Martin - 2022
elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a … increases girls' interest in STEM and decreases the gender gap via an increase in STEM confidence. Our findings suggest that an … easy-to-implement digital intervention has the potential to foster gender equality for young children and can potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358956
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Cooperation in a company : a large-scale experiment
Deversi, Marvin; Kocher, Martin; Schwieren, Christiane - 2020
We analyze cooperation within a company setting in order to study the relationship between cooperative attitudes and financial as well as non-financial rewards. In total, 910 employees of a large software company participate in an incentivized online experiment. We observe high levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236842
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Cooperation in a company : a large-scale experiment
Deversi, Marvin; Kocher, Martin; Schwieren, Christiane - 2020
We analyze cooperation within a company setting in order to study the relationship between cooperative attitudes and financial as well as non-financial rewards. In total, 910 employees of a large software company participate in an incentivized online experiment. We observe high levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228706
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Psychological pressure in competitive environments : evidence from a randomized natural experiment ; comment
Kocher, Martin; Lenz, Marc V.; Sutter, Matthias - 2010
Apesteguia and Palacios-Huerta (forthcoming) report for a sample of 129 shootouts from various seasons in ten different competitions that teams kicking first in soccer penalty shootouts win significantly more often than teams kicking second. Collecting data for the entire history of six major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952114
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Cooperation in a company : a large-scale experiment
Deversi, Marvin; Kocher, Martin; Schwieren, Christiane - 2020
We analyze cooperation within a company setting in order to study the relationship between cooperative attitudes and financial as well as non-financial rewards. In total, 910 employees of a large software company participate in an incentivized online experiment. We observe high levels of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195932
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Psychological pressure in competitive environments : evidence from a randomized natural experiment ; comment
Kocher, Martin; Lenz, Marc V.; Sutter, Matthias - 2010
Apesteguia and Palacios-Huerta (forthcoming) report for a sample of 129 shootouts from various seasons in ten different competitions that teams kicking first in soccer penalty shootouts win significantly more often than teams kicking second. Collecting data for the entire history of six major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944816
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Impatience and uncertainty : experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior
Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2011
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment and relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009375050
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Impatience and uncertainty : experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior
Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2010
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant predictors of health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315296
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Psychological pressure in competitive environments : evidence from a randomized natural experiment : comment
Kocher, Martin; Lenz, Marc V.; Sutter, Matthias - 2010 - This version: 22 March 2010
Apesteguia and Palacios-Huerta (forthcoming) report for a sample of 129 shootouts from various seasons in ten different competitions that teams kicking first in soccer penalty shootouts win significantly more often than teams kicking second. Collecting data for the entire history of six major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736616
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Impatience and uncertainty : experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior
Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela - 2010 - This version: 22 December 2010
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to eighteen years, in an incentivized experiment. We relate experimental choices to field behavior. Experimental measures of impatience are found to be significant redictors of health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009737080