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Fabian Kosse @fabiankosse.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

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.

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

🔗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....

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ECONtribute @econtribute.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

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.

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Fabian Kosse @fabiankosse.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 08/01/2026

🚨 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! 🚀 👇

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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.

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Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg @uni-wuerzburg.de · 03/09/2025

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-...

Trust and helpfulness decline significantly when young people are exposed to high competitive pressure at school. (Image: ChatGPT / Fabian Kosse)

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Fabian Kosse @fabiankosse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

@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...

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VoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 18/08/2025

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

Graph showing the effect of PACE on admissions and on enrolment or graduation over time.

Preferential college admission is gaining traction worldwide as a means to address inequality in higher education, drawing greater attention to the design of such policies. This column analyses a programme for disadvantaged high schools in Chile that offers guaranteed college admission to top-performing students. The programme increased enrolment in selective colleges but reduced pre-college academic effort and test scores as students incorrectly believed college admission was guaranteed. Addressing students’ misunderstandings could mitigate the negative incentive effects while preserving the policy’s enrolment benefits.

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Philipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

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

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Henning Hermes @henninghermes.com · 07/03/2025

📣 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

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Fabian Kosse @fabiankosse.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

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...

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Fabian Kosse @fabiankosse.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

"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...

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