SMU SOE Online Seminar (Nov 13, 2020, 4pm-5.30pm): Value of Friendship

Please click here if you are unable to view this page.

TOPIC:

VALUE OF FRIENDSHIP

ABSTRACT How to promote social capital has long been perceived as an important issue in social sciences. This paper suggests that teaching practices can stimulate social capital at both individual and classroom levels by evaluating the impact of project-based learning, a student-centered teaching pedagogy program. The sample used for this study consists of 2,720 7th grade students in 12 South Korean middle schools. We measure students’ friendship network changes and other-regarding preferences before and after the program. We employ a standard difference-in-differences identification strategy with lab-in-the-field experiments, including a comprehensive friendship survey and a dictator game experiment. We demonstrate that the program triggers a positive effect on social capital by expanding students’ friendship networks and being more generous toward their peers, especially those not in friendship and without homophilous characteristics. Our results are consistent with the idea that teaching practice focusing on student-centered learning can be considered an effective education policy to influence the formation of social capital among students. Keywords: Homophily, lab-in-the-ﬁeld experiments, other-regarding preference, social capital, social network, teaching practices. Click here to view the paper. Click here to view the CV.		This seminar will be held via Zoom. A confirmation email with the Zoom details will be sent to the registered email by 12 November 2020.
		PRESENTER Euncheol Shin Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
		RESEARCH FIELDS Microeconomic Theory Experimental Economics Political Economy Social Networks
		DATE: 13 November 2020 (Friday)
		TIME: 4.00pm - 5.30pm

© Copyright 2024 by Singapore Management University. All Rights Reserved.