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Women do not play their aces : the consequences of shying away
Claussen, Jörg; Czibor, Eszter; Praag, Mirjam van - 2015
The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449213
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Culture, feedback, and gender in education
Kinne, Lavinia - 2023
. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327355
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(How) do non-cognitive skills programs improve adolescent school achievement? : experimental evidence
Martins, Pedro S. - 2017
Non-cognitive skills programs may be an important policy option to improve the academic outcomes of adolescents. In this paper, we evaluate experimentally the EPIS program, which is based on bi-weekly individual or small-group non-cognitive mediation short meetings with low-performing students....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724456
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The timing of puberty and gender differences in educational achievement
Koerselman, Kristian; Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2017
In this paper, we study the effect of the timing of puberty on educational achievement and examine to what extent the gender differences in the timing of puberty can explain gender differences in achievement. We use British cohort data that combine information on pubertal development with test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704315
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Is being competitive always an advantage? : degrees of competitiveness, gender, and premature work contract termination
Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
In this study, we examine the influence of competitiveness on the stability of labour relations using the example of premature employment and training contract termination in the apprenticeship education sector. The paper extends the small but growing evidence on the external relevance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607417
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Is being competitive always an advantage? : degrees of competitiveness, gender, and premature work contract termination
Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
In this study, we examine the influence of competitiveness on the stability of labour relations using the example of premature employment and training contract termination in the apprenticeship education sector. The paper extends the small but growing evidence on the external relevance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607783
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A bit of salt, a trace of life : gender norms and the impact of a salt iodization program on human capital formation of school aged children
Deng, Zichen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2019
preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within province, village level variation in gender attitudes confirm the … importance of parental gender preferences. Consequently, large scale programs can have positive (and possibly) unintended effects … on gender equality in societies where boy preferences are important. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118475
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A bit of salt a trace of life : gender norms and the impact of a salt iodization program on human capital formation of school aged children
Deng, Zichen; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2020 - Current version: Tuesday 8th September, 2020
preferences can explain our findings. Analyses exploiting within the province, village-level variation in gender attitudes confirm … the importance of parental gender preferences. Consequently, large scale programs can have positive (and possibly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427619
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Can Personality Explain what is Underlying Women's Unwillingness to Compete?
Müller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - 2011
than men (e.g., Gneezy et al.(2003), Niederle and Vesterlund (2007)). In this paper, we use personality variables to … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422219
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Can Personality Explain what is Underlying Women's Unwillingness to Compete?
Müller, Julia; Schwieren, Christiane - Alfred-Weber-Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, … - 2011
than men (e.g., Gneezy et al.(2003), Niederle and Vesterlund (2007)). In this paper, we use personality variables to … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008916029