Educational choices, market design, and student outcomes (A06)

• Subject Area: Economic Policy, Applied Economics
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 280092119

The project studies how incorporating behavioral biases contributes to a better understanding of educational choices. Covering the areas of individual choices, market design, and student outcomes, the studies of the first funding phase were mainly devoted to studying information asymmetries and the role of over- and underconfidence. In the second funding period, the project focus lies on new aspects of information processing in the realm of education. The work packages cover (i) motivated reasoning and belief updating, (ii) costly information processing and search, and (iii) information and transparency in education policy.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 190: Rationality and Competition: The Economic Performance of Individuals and Firms
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Dorothea Kübler; Professor Dr. Ludger Wößmann