Effects of Perceived Productivity on Study Effort: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Authors

Fulya Ersoy, Loyola Marymount UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Abstract

How does the perceived relationship between effort and achievement affect effort? To answer this question, I conduct a framed field experiment with a popular online learning platform. I exogenously manipulate students’ beliefs about returns to effort by assigning them to a control group or to treatments which provide information about returns to effort. Students update their beliefs towards the information and change their study effort in the same direction with the shifts in their beliefs. This result shows that low-cost information interventions can influence students’ beliefs about returns to effort and these beliefs are important components of their effort choices.

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Original Publication Citation

Ersoy, F. (2023). Effects of perceived productivity on study effort: Evidence from a field experiment. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 207, 376–391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.01.021

Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation

Ersoy, Fulya, "Effects of Perceived Productivity on Study Effort: Evidence from a Field Experiment" (2023). Economics Faculty Works. 70.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/econ_fac/70