We randomly assign more than 6,000 students from 150 primary schools in Bangladesh to work on math assignments in one of three settings: individually, in groups with random schoolmates, or in groups with friends. The groups consist of four people and are balanced by average cognitive ability and...

Behavioural attitudes towards risk and time, as well as behavioural biases such as present bias, are thought to be important drivers of unhealthy lifestyle choices. This paper makes the first attempt to explore the possibility of training the mind to alter these attitudes and biases, and...

To help first- or second-year graduate students in economics apply their theoretical training, this paper shows how to solve a simple and intuitive computable general equilibrium (CGE) model using a calculator. Because this simplified Harberger model uses Cobb Douglas functional forms for...

Kreativität, Widersprüchlichkeit, Unsicherheit - als Kategorien der Zweiten Moderne ausgewiesen - sind handlungsrelevante Phänomene in Lebens- und Arbeitskontexten. Dieses Working Paper widmet sich der Kreativitätsförderung aus lerntheoretischer Sicht und konstituiert eine...

Although early human capital theory recognized the relevance of workers' experience, its focus was on education and formal training. Recent studies find that much of the performance of newly hired workers is driven by learning by doing or learning from peers or supervisors in the workplace....

Die sukzessive Digitalisierung großer Arbeitsbereiche ist mittlerweile in der öffentlichen Diskussion angekommen und eine Abschätzung der Folgen für Gesellschaft und Institutionen fällt immer noch schwer. Dieser Beitrag thematisiert die soziale Dimension dieser Entwicklung und stellt sich...

Several studies have shown that employees with temporary contracts have lower training participation than those with permanent contracts. There is, however, no empirical literature on the difference in informal learning on the job between permanent and temporary workers. In this paper, we...

Introduction / Dominika Latusek -- Teaching with case studies -- The case study : much more than just another story / Joseph Brady -- The pedagogic possibilities of student-generated case studies : moving through the looking glass / David Starr-Glass -- Case study method in simulation game...

Introduction -- Elements of difficulty in introductory accounting -- Human cognitive architecture -- Cognitive load theory and instructional application -- Self-management of cognitive load: background and research hypotheses -- Experimental design and task description -- Experiments and results...