Browsing Discussion Papers by Author "Gunnes, Trude"
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Becoming “We” instead of “I”. Identity management and incentives in the workplace
Donze, Jocelyn; Gunnes, Trude (Discussion papers;760, Working paper, 2013-10)This article studies how a firm fosters formal and informal interaction among its employees to create a collective identity and positively influence their effort. We develop an agency model, in which employees have both a ... -
Didactic methods and small-group instruction for low-performing adolescents in mathematics: Results from a randomized controlled trial
Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Gunnes, Trude; Lindenskov, Lena; Rønning, Marte (Discussion Paper;No. 957, Working paper, 2021-06)Can high-dosage tutoring help low-performing adolescents? We implement a randomized experiment to test a twofold intervention: A teacher training program customized for instructing 8th graders who perform poorly in mathematics ... -
Financial incentives and study duration in higher education
Gunnes, Trude; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen; Rønning, Marte (Discussion papers;714, Working paper, 2012-11)This paper investigates to which extent students in higher education respond to financial incentives by adjusting their study behavior. Students in Norway who completed certain graduate study programs between autumn 1990 ... -
School accountability: Incentives or sorting?
Gjefsen, Hege Marie; Gunnes, Trude (Discussion papers;815, Working paper, 2015-07)We exploit a nested school accountability reform to estimate the causal effect on teacher mobility, sorting, and student achievement. In 2003, lower-secondary schools in Oslo became accountable to the school district ... -
Should economists listen to educational psychologists? Some economics of student motivation
Donze, Jocelyn; Gunnes, Trude (Discussion Papers;No. 662, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: This paper sheds light on the role of student motivation in the success of schooling. We develop a model in which a teacher engages in the management of student motivation through the choice of the classroom ... -
Workload, staff composition, and sickness absence. Findings from employees in child care centers
Gunnes, Trude; Drange, Nina; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 882, Working paper, 2018-08-17)We proxy workload by the number of adults per child in Norwegian child care centers, but do not find that centers with many adults per child have lower sickness absence than other centers. However, we do find that more ...