Single-sex classes within coeducational environments are likely to modify students' risk-taking attitudes in … economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices … over real-stakes lotteries at two distinct dates. Students were randomly assigned to classes of three types: all female …

We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a … coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the …