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 ...
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)

Existing evidence suggests that self-regulation plays an important role in the job search process and labor market reintegration of unemployed persons. We conduct a randomized natural field experiment embedded in an ...