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Gender gaps in PISA test scores: The impact of social norms and the mother's transmission of role attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara; de la Rica, Sara - 2012
countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten … across regions within the same country are crucial determinants in understanding gender differences in PISA 2009 test scores …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282145
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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores : a cross-country analysis
Hermann, Zoltán; Kopasz, Marianna - 2018
, reading and science using the PISA 2012 dataset. Multilevel models are used in the estimation. The results suggest that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011958608
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Culture, feedback, and gender in education
Kinne, Lavinia - 2023
This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education. Chapters 2 and 3 show that patience and risk-taking as intertemporal preferences are closely related to differences in student achievement across and within countries. Chapter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327355
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Gender, motivation, and self-selection into teaching
Barigozzi, Francesca; Parasnis, Jaai; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022
This paper investigates the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in choosing a teaching career using data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia. We find that the opportunity costs of becoming a teacher vary by gender: women enjoy a small wage premium, whilst males...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013367286
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Gender gaps in PISA test scores : the impact of social norms and the mother's transmission of role attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara; Rica, Sara de la - 2012
countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten … across regions within the same country are crucial determinants in understanding gender differences in PISA 2009 test scores … families where the mother works outside home. -- PISA ; test scores ; achievement ; gender differences ; culture ; role …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530721
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Gender Gaps in PISA Test Scores : The Impact of Social Norms and the Mother's Transmission of Role Attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara - 2012
countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten … across regions within the same country are crucial determinants in understanding gender differences in PISA 2009 test scores …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110509
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Is Posner Right? An Empirical Test of the Posner Argument for Transferring Health Spending from Old Women to Old Men
Schwarze, Johannes; Wunder, Christoph - 2010
Posner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that the woman's utility is higher if her husband is alive. Using self-reported satisfaction measures from a long-running German panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600977
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Is Posner right? An empirical test of the Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to old men
Wunder, Christoph; Schwarze, Johannes - 2009
Posner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that women's utility is higher if they are married. Thus, extending the lifespan of men would benefit women. Using life satisfaction data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269404
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Is Posner right? : an empirical test of the Posner argument for transferring health spending from old women to old men
Schwarze, Johannes; Wunder, Christoph - 2010
Posner (1995) proposes the redistribution of health spending from old women to old men to equalize life expectancy. His argument is based on the assumption that the woman's utility is higher if her husband is alive. Using self-reported satisfaction measures from a long-running German panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826563
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Informal-formal worker wage gap in Turkey : evidence from a semi-parametric approach
Baskaya, Yusuf Soner; Hulagu, Timur - 2011 - This version: February 25, 2011, (preliminary and incomplete)
and semi-parametric techniques, we test two hypothesis regarding formal and informal labor markets: whether there is a … for formal-informal wage gap within gender groups, the semi-parametric estimates suggest that the observed formal … unemployment rates, the semi-parametric methods show that these gaps are insensitive to unemployment rate variations across regions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548188