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Differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests : evidence from the GRE test

Schlosser, Analia; Neeman, Zvika; Attali, Yigal - 2019

We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low" stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger...

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Socio-economic gaps in university enrollment : the role of perceived pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns

Boneva, Teodora; Rauh, Christopher - 2017

To understand the socio-economic enrollment gap in university attendance, we elicit students’ beliefs about the benefits of university education in a sample of 2,540 secondary school students. Our choice model estimates reveal that perceived non-pecuniary benefits explain a large share of the...

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High-ability influencers? : the heterogeneous effects of gifted classmates

Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020

This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school, enrollment in post-compulsory education, and occupational choices. By using student-level administrative data on achievement combined with psychological examination records, we...

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Gender differences in persistence in a field of study

Kaganovič, Michail I.; Taylor, Morgan; Xiao, Ruli - 2021

Weaker retention of women in quantitatively oriented fields, particularly STEM* is widely seen in US higher education. This persistence gap is often explained by less generous grading in these fields and the conjectured tendency of female students to generally exhibit stronger "sensitivity" to...

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Female classmates, disruption, and STEM outcomes in disadvantaged schools : evidence from a randomized natural experiment

Goulas, Sofoklis; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Zhang, Yi - 2023

Recent research has shown that females make classrooms more conducive to effective learning. We identify the effect of a higher share of female classmates on students' disruptive behavior, engagement, test scores, and major choices in disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged schools. We exploit the...

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Opportunity and inequality across generations

Koeniger, Winfried; Zanella, Carlo - 2020

We analyze inequality and mobility across generations in a dynastic economy. Nurture, in terms of bequests and the schooling investment into the next generation, is observable but the draw of nature in terms of ability is hidden, stochastic and persistent across generations. We calibrate the...

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Female neighbors, test scores, and careers

Goulas, Sofoklis; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Zhang, Yi - 2022

How much does your neighbor impact your test scores and career? In this paper, we examine how an observable characteristic of same-age neighbors-their gender-affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from...

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Cognitive skills among adults : an impeding factor for gender convergence?

Battisti, Michele; Fedorets, Alexandra; Kinne, Lavinia - 2023

While gender diﬀerences in labor force participation and wages have been studied extensively, gender gaps in cognitive skills among adults are not yet well understood. Using the PIAAC dataset, this paper presents novel ﬁndings on cognitive skill distributions by gender across 34 countries....

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Closing the gender STEM gap : a large-scale randomize-controlled trial in elementary schools

Grosch, Kerstin; Haeckl, Simone; Kocher, Martin - 2022

We examine individual-level determinants of interest in STEM and analyze whether a digital web application for elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a randomized-controlled trial with experimental lab and...

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Firm-level human capital and innovation : evidence from China

Sun, Xiuli; Li, Haizheng; Ghosal, Vivek - 2017

Understanding the factors that may produce a sustained rate of innovation is important for promoting economic … development and growth. In this paper, we examine the role of human capital in firms' innovation by using a large sample of … small and medium sized cities. Patent applications are used as the measure of innovation. Human capital indicators used …

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