“Effort and Social Inequality: Advancing Measurement and Understanding Parental Origin Effects” (EFFORT) is led by our fellow Jonas Radl and funded through a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC, 2018-2023).
The aim of the EFFORT project is to measure cognitive effort in children and understand how it relates to their socioeconomic background. Do children from less fortunate families try harder than more privileged children, or vice versa? And what is the role of incentives? To investigate these questions, the project conducted a range of experiments incorporating methodologies from across the social and physiological sciences. The project is now in the phase of disseminating the results through academic publications, conferences, and broader public engagement.
