Publications
(Step Up 4B) The power of knowing a woman is in charge: Lessons from a randomized experiment, forthcoming Management Science (2024) [Dobrescu, Motta & Shanker] [Downloadable]
Are serious games seriously good at preparing students for clinical practice? A randomized controlled trial, forthcoming Medical Teacher (2024) [Dobrescu, Motta, Ooi, Coffey, Perron et al] [Downloadable]
Serious games versus traditional tutorials in the pandemic: A randomized controlled trial [with Motta, Ooi, Coffey et al] forthcoming Frontiers in Medicine [Downloadable]
(Step Up 1A) Can rank feedback avoid demoralization? A randomized controlled trial, Labour Economics 90 (2024) [Dobrescu, Motta, Chen & Foster] [Downloadable]
The predictive power of big data in education in Mendolia, O'Brien, Yerokhin and Paloyo (eds): Critical Perspectives on Economics of Education and Education Policy. Routledge (2022) [Dobrescu, Motta & Scriven] [Downloadable]
Relative performance feedback in education: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial, Economic Journal 131:640 (2021) [Dobrescu, Faravelli, Megalokonomou & Motta] [Downloadable]
Learning economics concepts through game-play: An experiment, International Journal of Educational Research 69 (2015) [Dobrescu, Motta & Greiner] [Downloadable] [Online Appendix]
Working papers
(Step Up 2A) The role of fun in the education production function: A randomized controlled trial [Dobrescu, Motta, Shanker, Holden, Walker, French & Lim] [Downloadable]
(Step Up 3A) The role of verifiability in the education production function [Dobrescu, Motta & Kazmierczak] [Downloadable]
(Step Up 4A) The effect of female presidents: Evidence from an economic simulation [Dobrescu, Feld & Motta] [Downloadable]
Fun in education [Dobrescu, Holden, Motta & Wong] [Downloadable]
Work in progress
STEP UP: Playconomics High School Outreach: Program evaluation [Dobrescu & Motta]
(Step Up 5A) Wisdom of the crowds: Does it work in higher education? [Dobrescu, Motta & Shanker]
Immersive versus traditional learning for pediatric resident physicians: A randomized controlled trial [Dobrescu, Motta, Ooi, Coffey et al]