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consistent with the hypothesis that the Kenyan education system and curricular materials are oriented to the academically …) a centralized, unified education system; 2) the heterogeneity in student preparation associated with rapid expansion of … education; and 3) disproportionate elite power. …
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Research on behavioral economics has established the importance of factors such as reference dependent preferences, hyperbolic discounting, and the value placed on non-financial rewards. To date, these insights have had little impact on the way the educational system operates. Through a series...
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We examine gender differences in bargaining outcomes in a highly competitive and commonly used market: the taxi market … eliminates gender differences and the response is shown only to be consistent with statistical discrimination. Our study secures … is the sole source of differential gender outcomes. …
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observe gender imbalances in labor markets: men are more competitively inclined than women. Whether, and to what extent, such … attenuate the gender differences, including whether the job is performed in teams, whether the job task is female-oriented, and …
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While much has been written about the potential benefits of mentoring in academia, very little research documents its effectiveness. We present data from a randomized controlled trial of a mentoring program for female economists organized by the Committee for the Status of Women in the Economics...
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This study uses a controlled experiment to explore whether there are gender differences in selecting into competitive … providing insights into the underpinnings of the factors hypothesized to be determinants of the observed gender differences in …
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in explaining first-born boys' education levels. In contrast, both effects for first-born girls are evident but go in … opposite directions, resulting in a near-zero total effect which has previously been a measure of gender bias. These results … offer new evidence of sibling rivalry and gender bias in family settings that has not been detected in the literature. …
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each GPA level, we find that gender differences in post-secondary expectations, controlling for school ability, and as …
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women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed … marital patterns by education for men. …
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. Stock measures of education among the entire adult population show rising attainment levels for both men and women, with men … mask two interesting patterns: (a) gender difference at the cohort level had vanished by the early 1950 birth cohort and …
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