@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp18697,
            	author={Flagner, Stefan and Eichholtz, Piet and Kok, Nils and Kramer, Rick and Künn, Steffen and Lichtenbelt, Wouter van Marken and Plasqui, Guy and Sun, Xudong},
            	title={Indoor Environment, Student Satisfaction and Performance in Higher Education},
            	year={2026},
	month={May},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={18697},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp18697},
	abstract={This study examines how improvements in indoor environmental quality affect student satisfaction and academic performance in higher education. We conducted a randomized field experiment involving 1,258 first-year undergraduate students at Maastricht University, who were randomly assigned to tutorial groups located either in a recently renovated building with improved indoor environmental quality or in a conventional control building. We find that students in the treatment building report significantly higher satisfaction with indoor environmental quality and the overall learning environment. However, these improvements do not translate into measurable effects on academic performance, study effort, or tutor evaluations.},
	keywords={indoor environmental quality;higher education;human capital accumulation;satisfaction;field experiment},
            }