Relative Performance Feedback and Long-Term Tasks – Experimental Evidence from Higher Education

Brade, Raphael; Himmler, Oliver; Jaeckle, Robert

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4410248

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2023

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4410248

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Relative Performance Feedback and Long-Term Tasks – Experimental Evidence from Higher Education

Raphael Brade

Oliver Himmler

Robert Jaeckle

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“…Azmat et al (2019) study a relative feedback intervention and find null effects on long-term academic success. Kim et al (2022) report no overall effects of growth mindset and "belonging" interventions over four years Brade et al (2023). show that providing long-run relative performance feedback reduces time to degree Oreopoulos & Petronijevic (2023).…”

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Helping Students to Succeed -- The Long-Term Effects of Soft Commitments and Reminders

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Jaeckle,

Brade

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To study whether a soft commitment device can help students succeed, we conduct a randomized field experiment and follow a cohort of tertiary students over six years. Students can commit to following their recommended study program structure, and they receive reminders each semester. This easily implementable, low-cost intervention is highly effective: it increases the five-year graduation rate (+15 percentage points) and reduces time to graduation (-0.42 semesters), driven by reduced dropout and an increase in credits obtained per semester. The effects are stronger for suspected procrastinators. A treatment only reminding students to follow the program structure has limited effects.

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Helping Students to Succeed -- The Long-Term Effects of Soft Commitments and Reminders

Himmler,

Jaeckle,

Brade

et al. 2024

AEA Randomized Controlled Trials

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Relative Performance Feedback and Long-Term Tasks – Experimental Evidence from Higher Education

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