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There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …
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There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437075
Much research has shown that having a better class of degree has significant payoff in the labour market. Using administrative data from Ireland, we explore the performance in college of different types of students. We find that post-primary school achievement is an important predictor: Its...
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Public preferences for charging tuition are important for determining higher education finance. To test whether public …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … cast doubt on a general, global relationship between gender and corruption. …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … females are more likely to enter the education and health sectors while males are more likely to enter the more lucrative … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … females are more likely to enter the education and health sectors while males are more likely to enter the more lucrative … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262639
Using 4,279 episodes of the popular US game show Jeopardy!, we analyze whether the opponents' gender is able to explain … the gender gap in competitive behavior. Our findings indicate that gender differences disappear when women compete against … correctly, and (iii) respond correctly in high-stakes situations. Even risk preferences in wagering decisions, where gender …
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gender differences emerge with age and by gender of opponent. Our samples contain 186 children (aged 10-12), 310 teenagers … Daily Double wagering decisions. We identify no noticeable gender differences in our competitive measures throughout all … three samples, but this result changes when considering risk-taking. Although we identify no gender differences in wagering …
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of professional success is beating older top ranked juniors. Our results reveal stark gender differences. For example …
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