Mentoring can have long-lasting effects on children’s academic potential. Our Balu und Du paper (published in @jpolecon.bsky.social n.bsky.social) is now featured by @boldinsights.bsky.social. Joint with Pia Pinger and Armin Falk.

🔗Mehr darüber lesen 👉: econtribute.de/de/mentoring... 🔗Zur Studie von Prof. Pia Pinger, Prof. Armin Falk und @fabiankosse.bsky.social 👉: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Kinder aus weniger privilegierten Familien wechseln trotz gleicher Leistungen in der Grundschule deutlich seltener aufs Gymnasium. Eine neue Studie von @econtribute.bsky.social, @unibonn.bsky.social, @unicologne.bsky.social & @uni-wuerzburg.de zeigt: Mentoring hilft, Chancengleichheit zu verbessern.

Unser Paper mit Armin Falk & Pia Pinger ist nun im @jpolecon.bsky.social erschienen 🎉 In dieses Projekt ist unglaublich viel Herzblut geflossen: Evidenz aus einem RCT zeigt, dass Mentoring herkunftsbedingte Chancenungleichheit beim Schulübergang ans Gymnasium verringern kann. doi.org/10.1086/738484

🚨 Deadline this Sunday (11 Jan 2026)! 📢 Call for Papers – 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education PhD students & early postdocs: don’t miss this opportunity, apply now! 🚀 👇

This paper shows that children are significantly less likely to enter the academic track if they come from a low socio-economic status family. A low-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of disadvantaged children and reduce inequality of opportunity.

Enduring competitive pressure not only changes young people's behaviour, but also their personality: they become less prosocial. New paper @fabiankosse.bsky.social et al. @jeeanews.bsky.social #prosociality ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

@michelatincani.bsky.social, Ranjita Rajan and I are very proud and thrilled that our paper “The Persistent Effect of Competition on Prosociality” has been accepted at @jeeanews.bsky.social 👉 First causal evidence that enduring competition persistently reduces prosociality doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

A preferential college admission programme in #Chile increased enrolment in selective colleges but reduced pre-college academic effort and test scores due to student misunderstanding. @michelatincani.bsky.social‬ @fabiankosse.bsky.social & Enrico Miglino cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Enduring competition makes people less cooperative. A 2-year competition in schools made students less prosocial (less willing to help or cooperate). Even 4 years later, the effect was still there, suggesting it changed their personality traits, not just their short-term behavior

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier (University of Berkely, California) & Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline 15 May 🚨 #EconSky

Johannes Abeler, Armin Falk, and I are thrilled that The Economic Journal accepted our paper titled ‘Malleability of Preferences for Honesty.’ It explores how the social environment influences lying. Huge thanks for a fast and productive referee process! 🥳 doi.org/10.1093/ej/u...

"Wie Ehrenamtliche die Schulen unterstützen" Heute ab 17:30 bringt der Bayerische Rundfunk einen kleinen Beitrag über die Ergebnisse unsere Langzeitstudie zu "Balu und Du". Hier der Link zum Beitrag www.br.de/br-fernsehen...