New publication in Decisions in Economics and Finance
Our colleagues, Eduardo F茅 & Mario Pezzino, have published a study in Decisions in Economics and Finance.
Our colleagues, Eduardo F茅 & Mario Pezzino, have published a study in Decisions in Economics and Finance. Read the paper: .
Co-creation - where students help design teaching materials - has clear short-term benefits for engagement and soft skill development. But our new research shows it also creates powerful intertemporal peer effects: students exposed to co-created materials become more motivated, feel part of a learning community, and are more likely to co-create themselves.
We develop a dynamic model of how co-created resources influence student effort over time and test this through a behavioral experiment in an intermediate microeconomics course. The results suggest that co-creation not only deepens learning, but can gradually reshape education culture鈥攂oosting what we call "education morale."
Findings
- Co-creation promotes responsibility, reciprocity, and intrinsic motivation
- Exposure to peer-created materials increases future engagement
- Even small interventions (e.g., emails from former students) can create measurable, lasting effects.