Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/177131 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11327
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Previous research has shown that feedback about past performance has ambiguous effects on subsequent performance. We argue that feedback affects beliefs in different dimensions – namely beliefs about the level of human capital and beliefs about the ability to learn – and this may explain some of the ambiguous effects. We experimentally study the causal effects of an exogenously administered change in beliefs in both of these dimensions on the motivation to learn. We find that confidence in the ability to learn raises incentives, while confidence in the level of human capital lowers incentives for individuals with high levels of human capital.
Subjects: 
human capital investment
confidence
economic experiments
motivation
JEL: 
C91
D83
I21
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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