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...