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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …
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higher education, from 11 to 14.5 percent. These effects are driven by high-achieving girls in mathematics. We find limited … reduced the prevalence of stereotypes associated with jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, but it made the … influence female students' choice of study. Results suggest that emphasis on the gender theme is less important to the …
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solving. We evaluate the causal effect of the intervention on the gender gap in mathematics in Italy with a randomized … the math gender gap by more than 40%. The effect is stronger for girls with high pre-test scores. …
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We evaluate the impact of a role model intervention on the gender attitudes, college aspirations and education outcomes … models on boys' and girls' attitudes toward gender equality but no impact on college aspirations. Data collected two and four …
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by 40 percent and others being particularly effective for minority women. The heterogeneities we find by gender, race …
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We use a controlled experiment widely adopted in the literature to assess the extent of gender differences in attitudes … towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … it is important to avoid generalisations on the presence of gender gaps in attitudes towards competition. This being the …
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We conducted a field experiment involving 720 Italian undergraduate students to investigate the existence of gender … differences in performance in competitive settings and whether performance is affected by one's opponent gender. The experimental … design was aimed at disentangling gender differences in taste for competition from other differences in psychological …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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. The accounts differed in three characteristics: gender (male or female), race (Black or White), and university affiliation …
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The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately … absolute grading, grading on a curve actually narrows the gender gap in performance. …
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