Der überwiegende Teil der Studierenden in Deutschland ist neben dem Studium erwerbstätig. Neben der Einkommenssteigerung wird dabei auch oftmals das Ziel verfolgt, sich mit dem Nebenjob zusätzlich für den späteren Beruf zu qualifizieren. Entsprechende Erfahrungen beeinflussen den...

Behavioral scientists routinely publish broad claims about human psychology and behavior in the world's top journals based on samples drawn entirely from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) societies. Researchers - often implicitly - assume that either there is little...

In this comment on Henrich et al. (2010) I argue that the right choice of subject pool is intimately linked to the research question. At least within economics, students are often the perfect subject pool for answering some fundamental research questions. Student subject pools can provide an...

In this comment on Henrich et al. (2010) I argue that the right choice of subject pool is intimately linked to the research question. At least within economics, students are often the perfect subject pool for answering some fundamental research questions. Student subject pools can provide an...