Using administrative data from a large 4-year public university, we show that male students are 18.6 percent more … likely than female students to receive favorable grade changes. These gender differences cannot be explained by observable … characteristics of the students, instructors, and the classes. Surveys of students and instructors reveal that regrade requests are …

we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, thereby increasing … and students' characteristics. University students are also poor at estimating their own test-performance and over …-estimate their predicted test score. However, females, white and working class students have less inflated view of themselves. Self …

This paper compares the effects of immigration flows on economic outcomes and crime levels to the public opinion about … confirm the public opinion about the contribution of immigration to higher crime levels, suggesting that Australians …

2009? Using two unique surveys of secondary school students in Sweden for the years 2003 and 2009, we try to address the …

, other than men being slightly more likely to express an opinion. These differences are idiosyncratic, with no support for …