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The Behavioral Determinants of School Achievement: A Lab in the Field Experiment in Middle School

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In this paper, we investigate how soft skills are related to educational achievement. We run a lab in the field experiment with pupils in Middle Schools to ask whether altruism, cooperation, willingness to compete and intrinsic motivation influence educational attainment. We find that willingness to compete is a strong predictor of individual educational achievement, while altruism is on the contrary negatively correlated with pupils' success. Family background is a strong predictor of educational attainment. After controlling for individual and social preferences, we find that girls outperform boys.

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hal-04912597 , version 1 (26-01-2025)

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Etienne Dagorn, David Masclet, Thierry Pénard. The Behavioral Determinants of School Achievement: A Lab in the Field Experiment in Middle School. 2025. ⟨hal-04912597⟩
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