Archive for 2 March 2007
Helping Your Kids: It’s Not How Much You Praise, But How
| Peter Klein |
Direct evidence against the Alfie Kohn approach to child-rearing (and, of course, incentive compensation more generally): Praising kids for who they are (e.g., telling them they’re smart) may actually reduce their performance in school, while praising them for what they do (hard work, diligence, effort) makes them perform better. Here’s the link, courtesy of Joshua Gans.
(Apologies to Mike Jensen and Kevin Murphy for my title.)
Call for Papers: Entrepreneurship Research in Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Development
| Peter Klein |
The University of Missouri’s McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, with which I am affiliated, is hosting a conference in Kansas City, 18-19 October 2007, titled “Frameworks for Entrepreneurship Research in Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Development.” Here is the call for papers. Keynote speakers include Jan and Cornelia Flora, Randy Westgren, Pierre Desrochers, and others to be announced.
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