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Research

July 6, 2018

Job applicants under a vacancy referral scheme are viewed as less motivated

Experiment with professional recruiters in Belgium

  • active labor market policies
  • discrimination
  • employment agencies
  • experiment
  • interview
  • job application
  • job seekers
  • motivation
  • signaling
  • unemployment
  • vacancy
  • Eva Van Belle
  • Marijke De Couck
  • Ralf Caers
  • Stijn Baert
  • Valentina Di Stasio
Research

March 15, 2018

The impact of self-selection on performance

Our behavior is strongly influenced by comparisons with others. These “others” are not usually assigned to us, but we choose […]

  • choice
  • experiment
  • field experiment
  • motivation
  • peer effects
  • performance
  • preferences
  • self-selection
  • Jonas Radbruch
  • Lukas Kießling
  • Sebastian Schaube
Research

July 11, 2017

Long-term unemployed through the eyes of recruiters: Less motivated, less talented and less trainable

Recent research has shown that employers are reluctant to hire long-term unemployed: the longer job candidates’ unemployment spell, the lower […]

  • cognitive skills
  • hiring
  • job applications
  • long-term unemployment
  • motivation
  • productivity
  • recruiting
  • social skills
  • Eva Van Belle
  • Marijke De Couck
  • Ralf Caers
  • Stijn Baert
  • Valentina Di Stasio
Research

November 21, 2016

Money to study? Research on motivation and incentives for students

Differences in educational outcomes based on socioeconomic background is a well-documented phenomenon and a key driver of inequalities later in […]

  • education
  • education policy
  • goal-setting approaches
  • goals
  • highschool
  • incentives
  • motivation
  • student performance
  • university
  • Damon Clark
  • David Gill
  • Mark Rush
  • Robert Metcalfe
  • Sally Sadoff
  • Simon Burgess
  • Victoria L. Prowse
Research

June 8, 2016

The perfect moment to score a goal? A football myth debunked

It is often thought that a goal just before half-time serves as a morale-booster and will increase a team’s chances […]

  • football
  • goal
  • losing
  • motivation
  • overestimation
  • pressure
  • scoring
  • self-awareness
  • soccer
  • winning
  • Simon Amez
  • Stijn Baert
Research

November 11, 2014

Online quizzes can motivate students to learn more

A large fraction of students fail at university. One potential reason is that students do not exercise enough effort on […]

  • achievement
  • effort
  • exams
  • grades
  • incentive
  • motivation
  • participation
  • quiz
  • student
  • university
  • Arnaud Chevalier
  • Melanie Lührmann
  • Peter Dolton
Research

November 5, 2014

Online quizzes can motivate students to learn more

A large fraction of students fail at university. One potential reason is that students do not exercise enough effort on […]

  • achievement
  • effort
  • exams
  • grades
  • incentive
  • motivation
  • participation
  • quiz
  • student
  • university
  • Arnaud Chevalier
  • Melanie Lührmann
  • Peter Dolton
Research

September 22, 2014

Grades and rank: How do they affect student effort?

The educational system is built upon a sequence of tests to measure student performance. Improving student performance is a key […]

  • grades
  • incentive
  • motivation
  • performance
  • ranking
  • school
  • students
  • Sweden
  • teachers
  • test scores
  • Elin Pellas
  • Juanna Schrøter Joensen
  • Nina Jalava
Research

September 2, 2014

Using employee recognition to boost productivity

Good bosses know that recognition and words of appreciation are key tools to motivate employes and increase productivity. But what […]

  • effort
  • employees
  • field experiment
  • motivation
  • performance
  • recognition
  • reward
  • Arjan Non
  • Christiane Bradler
  • Robert Dur
  • Susanne Neckermann
Research

June 25, 2014

Want better grades? Get a good night’s sleep!

Students who sleep seven hours per night during the exam period score an average of 1.7 points higher (on a […]

  • achievement
  • cognitive ability
  • exams
  • motivation
  • sleep
  • students
  • Aurélie Vermeir
  • Dieter Verhaest
  • Eddy Omey
  • Stijn Baert
Research

June 23, 2014

Are government workers really more public-spirited than those in the private sector?

By Mirco Tonin (University of Southampton and IZA) and Michael Vlassopoulos (University of Southampton) A fifth of UK workers are […]

  • altruism
  • charity
  • motivation
  • private sector
  • public sector
  • Michael Vlassopoulos
  • Mirco Tonin
Research

May 13, 2014

When the crowd goes wild: Home advantage in same-stadium derbies

The football matches between Inter and AC Milan or between Lazio and AS Rome belong to the most prestigious in […]

  • effort
  • football
  • home support
  • Italy
  • motivation
  • stadium
  • Michela Ponzo
  • Vincenzo Scoppa
Research

April 25, 2014

How to make your employees creative – evidence from a field experiment

As globalization increases the need to continuously improve and adapt to new technology and changing competition, many companies are seeking […]

  • creativity
  • employees
  • field experiment
  • ideas
  • innovation
  • motivation
  • personnel economics
  • Christoph Siemroth
  • Michael Gibbs
  • Susanne Neckermann
Research

April 14, 2014

Knowing that you matter, matters: the luck of having a meaningful job

What if somebody told you that your job was completely irrelevant and useless? Would you still work with the same […]

  • China
  • field experiment
  • meaning
  • monetary incentives
  • motivation
  • performance
  • recognition
  • student
  • Michael Kosfeld
  • Susanne Neckermann
  • Xiaolan Yang
Research

January 27, 2014

Soccer motivates the unemployed

International soccer tournaments attract enormous attention in most countries. Germany is one country in which these soccer tournaments are especially […]

  • FIFA World Cup
  • health
  • job search
  • motivation
  • reservation wage
  • soccer
  • sports event
  • subjective well-being
  • UEFA Euro Cup
  • unemployed
  • Philipp Doerrenberg
  • Sebastian Siegloch

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