We conducted a field experiment involving 720 Italian undergraduate students to investigate the existence of gender … design was aimed at disentangling gender differences in taste for competition from other differences in psychological … but different gender composition. We find that females are as likely as males to take part in the competition and to …

differently to competition and whether this response depends on the gender mix of the group. Men experienced a 10% increase in …I use the introduction of a competitive fellowship program for graduate students to test whether men and women respond … performance in response to the program, with the largest gains for men in departments with the most female students. Women did not …

To investigate whether men and women respond differently to competition and whether this response depends on the gender … an inherent trade-off between increasing aggregate outcomes through the use of competition and achieving gender equity … departments with the highest proportions of female students. Women did not increase performance, on average, but the response of …

that relative grading, by creating a rank-order tournament in the classroom, provides stronger incentives for male students … than absolute grading. In the full sample, we find weak support for our hypothesis. Among the more motivated students we … find evidence that men indeed score significantly higher on the test when graded on a curve. Female students, irrespective …

that relative grading, by creating a rank-order tournament in the classroom, provides stronger incentives for male students … than absolute grading. In the full sample, we find weak support for our hypothesis. Among the more motivated students we … find evidence that men indeed score significantly higher on the test when graded on a curve. Female students, irrespective …

How did the introduction of the Bachelor-degree system affect students in Germany? Combining rich data on university … students with administrative data on universities' study programs, we exploit variation in the timing of Bachelor …-degree implementation across departments. To account for endogeneity in students' enrollment decisions, we apply an instrumental …

How did the introduction of the Bachelor-degree system affect students in Germany? Combining rich data on university … students with administrative data on universities' study programs, we exploit variation in the timing of Bachelor …-degree implementation across departments. To account for endogeneity in students' enrollment decisions, we apply an instrumental …