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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …
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Cross-country studies reveal two consistent gender gaps in education—underachievement in school by boys and low rates … deficient non-cognitive skills. I revisit the determinants of the gender gap in U.S. educational attainment with a relatively …-advantaged sample of young men and women and find that school behavior and measured skills are not very important drivers of gender …
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increase in single-parent households may be contributing to the growing gender gap in education, as boys are more vulnerable to …
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gender differences in the timing of puberty can explain gender differences in achievement. We use British cohort data that … boys is however too small to explain more than a fraction of the gender gap in educational outcomes. Furthermore, we find … other causes of the gender gap. …
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This paper investigates whether encouraging children to become more physically active in their everyday life affects their primary school performance. We use data from a field quasi-experiment called the Active Living Program, which aimed to increase active modes of transportation to school and...
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This paper assesses the effect of two stylized and antithetic non-monetary incentive schemes on students' effort. We collect data from a field experiment where incentives are exogenously imposed, performance is monitored and individual characteristics are observed. Students are randomly assigned...
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This paper assesses the effect of two stylized and antithetic non-monetary incentive schemes on students’ effort. We collect data from a field experiment where incentives are exogenously imposed, performance is monitored and individual characteristics are observed. Students are randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226003
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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We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams depends on the gender of the leader …
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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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