absolute grading, grading on a curve actually narrows the gender gap in performance. …The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately … performance. We perform a direct comparison of the two most commonly used grading practices: the absolute (i.e., criterion …

Canonical human capital theories posit that education, by enhancing worker skills, reduces the likelihood that a worker … education records from 1987 through 2002 to nationally representative surveys conducted before and after the onset of COVID-19 … in Barbados to explore the causal impact of improved education on job loss during this period. Using a regression …

This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on … innovation might arise because more dynamic and innovative managers, knowing the value of gender diversity, may also hire more …

the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …

. Consequently, too few workers may acquire skills. This allows for the possibility that subsidizing education is welfare improving …-between subsidizing education and thereby reducing unemployment and optimizing welfare may be eliminated. We analyse this issue in a …

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …