innate preferences are modified by pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes. Single-sex environments are likely to modify … either coed or single sex schools, and more likely than coed girls. Moreover, gender differences in preferences for risk …-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of the experimental group, with girls being more likely to choose risky outcomes when …

the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. -- Tournament ; piece-rate ; gender ; experiment …

reduction in stereotype threat for females and are not due to a potential tracking effect. -- single-sex ; education ; gender … selection issues present in other studies on single-sex education. We find that one hour a week of single-sex education benefits … classes than their peers attending coeducational classes. We find no effect of single-sex education on the probability that a …

country for men, and more than 45% of the variation for women. This indicates that education policy has an important role to …

examines whether there is evidence of heterogeneity in the returns to education as well as the impact of education on gender … as the impact of education on gender wage differentials. The paper finds that conventional OLS estimates, which assume …The paper estimates the returns to education for a cohort of individuals born in Britain in March 1958 who have been …

years into the labour market vary with gender, institution attended subject and socioeconomic background. The English system …, nominating their subject before they enter higher education (HE). We find subjects like Medicine, Economics, Law, Maths and …