This study exploits a natural experiment to evaluate the gender bias effect associated with negative marking due to … gender-differentiated risk aversion. This approach avoids framing effects that characterize experimental evaluation of … negative marking assessments. Evidence of a gender bias against female students is found. Quantile regressions indicate that …

Gender inequality is an acute and persistent problem, especially in developing countries. This paper argues that gender … discrimination is an inefficient practice. We model gender discrimination as the complete exclusion of females from the labor market …

This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …

In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …

a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …

birth cohorts, regardless of gender and sibling order. …

evidence of a narrowing gender gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in urban areas in post-compulsory schooling …-force participation rate, bring about this widening gender gap. …

distinct phenotypes: Caucasian, mestizo and indigenous. We also randomly vary marital status across gender and phenotype. Hence …