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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …
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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309995
the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for … schoolwork and are more likely to use computers for playing games, but are less likely to use computers for social networking and … email than are girls. Using data from a large field experiment randomly providing free personal computers to schoolchildren …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317637
This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...
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We use a controlled experiment widely adopted in the literature to assess the extent of gender differences in attitudes … towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … it is important to avoid generalisations on the presence of gender gaps in attitudes towards competition. This being the …
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by 40 percent and others being particularly effective for minority women. The heterogeneities we find by gender, race …
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The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately … absolute grading, grading on a curve actually narrows the gender gap in performance. …
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The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately … absolute grading, grading on a curve actually narrows the gender gap in performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403509
unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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We study gender differences in bilateral bargaining using an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda, through … variation in gender composition of bargaining pairs and in disclosure of identities. Disagreement is common independently of … mechanisms that induce gender inequality in resource access. …
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