Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Schunk, Daniel"
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If You Could Read My Mind—An Experimental Beauty-Contest Game with Children
Hermes, Henning; Schunk, Daniel (DP SAM;23/2019, Working paper, 2019-11)We develop a new design for the experimental beauty-contest game (BCG) that is suitable for children in school age and test it with 114 schoolchildren aged 9–11 years. In addition, we collect measures on cognitive skills ... -
The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children’s Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
Berger, Eva M.; Fehr, Ernst; Hermes, Henning; Schunk, Daniel; Winkel, Kirsten (DP SAM;09/2020, Working paper, 2020-06-08)Working memory capacity is thought to play an important role for a wide range of cognitive and noncognitive skills such as fluid intelligence, math, reading, the inhibition of pre-potent impulses or more general self-regulation ... -
Motivating Low-Achievers—Relative Performance Feedback in Primary Schools
Hermes, Henning; Huschens, Martin; Rothlauf, Franz; Schunk, Daniel (DP SAM;14/2019, Working paper, 2019-11)Relative performance feedback (RPF) has often been shown to improve effort and performance in the workplace and educational settings. Yet, many studies also document substantial negative effects of RPF, in particular for ... -
Self-regulation Training and Job Search Behavior: A Natural Field Experiment Within an Active Labor Market Program
Berger, Eva M; Hermes, Henning; Koenig, Guenther; Schmidt, Felix; Schunk, Daniel (DP SAM;13/2019, Working paper, 2019-10)Recent evidence suggests that self-regulation abilities play an important role for the job finding success of unemployed persons. We conduct a randomized controlled trial embedded in an established labor market reactivation ...