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Explaining the persisting mathematics test score gap between boys and girls

Sprietsma, Maresa - 2010

This paper provides evidence on the sources of the persisting mathematics test score gap between boys and girls. In … particular, we investigate the role of the share of female mathematics teachers in secondary school and of pupils self …-confidence and extrinsic motivation in mathematics. We find that the share of female mathematics teachers does not seem to affect …

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Gender Discrimination and the International Division of Labour

Busse, Matthias; Spielmann, Christian - 2003

The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and the extent of gender discrimination across countries and...

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Competition and the Gender Wage Gap: New Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary 1986-2003

Lovász, Anna - 2008

The overall gender wage gap fell from .31 to .15 between 1986 and 2003 following the transition to a free market in Hungary. During the same time period, firms faced increased competition from both new domestic and foreign firms due to the rapid liberalization measures implemented by the...

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Rent sharing and gender discrimination in collegiate athletics

Lackner, Mario; Zulehner, Christine - 2013

In this paper, we analyze the effect of market power on the share of females in top management positions using data from a market in which some firms have market power due to an institutionalized cartel. We investigate collegiate athletics and interpret coaches as top-level managers or chief...

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Movin' on up: Hierarchical occupational segmentation and gender wage gaps

Shatnawi, Dina; Oaxaca, Ronald L.; Ransom, Michael R. - 2012

Our study evaluates and extends existing wage decomposition methodologies that seek to measure the contributions of endowments, pure wage discrimination, and job segregation. Of particular interest is the model of hierarchical segregation in Baldwin, Butler, and Johnson (2001). We employ data...

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Heterogeneity in high math achievement across schools: Evidence from the American Mathematics Competition

Ellison, Glenn; Swanson, Ashley - 2012

achievement. Data from the American Mathematics Competitions is used to produce counts of high-scoring students from more than two …

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Title IX and the evolution of high school sports

Stevenson, Betsey - 2007

The passage of Title IX, the 1972 Education Amendments to the Civil Rights Act, expanded high school athletic opportunities to include girls, revolutionizing mass sports participation in the United States. This paper analyzes high school athletic participation in the United States and how sports...

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Charity and favoritism in the field: Are female economists nicer (to each other)?

Abrevaya, Jason; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2010

Using a very large sample of matched author-referee pairs, we examine how the gender of referees and authors affects the former's recommendations. Relying on changing matches of authors and referees, we find no evidence of gender differences among referees in charitableness toward authors; nor...

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Wage discrimination over the business cycle

Biddle, Jeff E.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2012

Using CPS data from 1979-2009 we examine how cyclical downturns and industry-specific demand shocks affect wage differentials between white non-Hispanic men and women, Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites, and African-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Women's relative earnings are harmed by...

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The narrowing of the US gender earnings gap, 1959 - 1999: a cohort-based analysis

Weinberger, Catherine; Kuhn, Peter - 2006

Using Census and Current Population Survey data spanning 1959 through 1999, we assess the relative contributions of two factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men's and women's age-earnings profiles, versus changes in relative earnings...

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