that relative grading, by creating a rank-order tournament in the classroom, provides stronger incentives for male students … than absolute grading. In the full sample, we find weak support for our hypothesis. Among the more motivated students we … find evidence that men indeed score significantly higher on the test when graded on a curve. Female students, irrespective …

-section data on the region of origin of the highschool graduate and the university destination region for first-year students with … behaviour of prospective students is governed by a negative distancedeterrence effect and a downward rent effect, but a positive …

Malawi's tracking program raises school participation of top students without a reduction in pupil learning. These findings …

In the Netherlands, students who want to become a medical specialist have toenrol in a training program which is in …

confirm the paramount influence of the student’s track record and talent. The results, however, also show that geographical …