Altruism, cooperativeness and academic achievement: a lab in the field experiment in French middle schools

Etienne Dagorn (), David Masclet () and Thierry Pénard
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Etienne Dagorn: INED - Institut national d'études démographiques
David Masclet: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CIRANO - Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations - UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal = University of Québec in Montréal

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Abstract: In this exploratory study, we investigate how altruism and cooperativeness are related to educational achievement. We run a lab in the field experiment with pupils from Middle Schools in Brittany, France, to study whether altruism and cooperativeness are correlated with educational success. Contrary to expectation, we find no significant relationship between cooperativeness and educational performance. In contrast, altruism is negatively related to academic achievement, but this relationship is gender-driven, as it is only significant for boys.

Keywords: Lab-in the field; education; altruism; cooperativeness; teenagers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Education Economics, 2025, pp.1-28. ⟨10.1080/09645292.2025.2450424⟩

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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2025.2450424

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