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Math skill growth and learning differences in higher education : can lower-skilled students catch up?

Büchele, Stefan; Marten, Carina - 2022

expand their initial lead remains unclear. We investigate the students' learning growth in a business math course and analyze …

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Shaping gender-stereotypical beliefs : the roleof parents and peers

Carlana, Michela; Corno, Lucia - 2022

whether they are better in male-typed fields (math) versus female-typed fields (literature). We find that thinking about … parental recommendation affects students’ beliefs on their comparative advantage in math with respect to literature in a gender … mothers to recommend it, and boys are 15% more likely to think they are better in math when they expect their fathers to …

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The Gini coefficient and discontinuity

Kristensen, Jens Peter - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16

This article reveals a discontinuity in the mapping from a Lorenz curve to the associated cumulative distribution function. The problem is of a mathematical nature-based on an analysis of the transformation between the distribution function of a bound random variable and its Lorenz curve. It...

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The Gini coefficient and discontinuity

Kristensen, Jens Peter - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-16

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Societal Inequalities Amplify Gender Gaps in Math

Breda, Thomas; Jouini, Elyès; Napp, Clotilde - 2019

While gender gaps in average math performance are close to zero in developed countries, women are still strongly … underrepresented among math high performers. Using data from five successive waves of the Programme for International Student …

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