We document gender differences in reactions to failure in the National College Entrance Exam, an extremely high … gender disparity in the tendency to retake has important implications for exam performance, college enrollment, and labor …

We study gender differences in the impacts of competition and subjective feedback, using an online game with pop … gender gaps in competitive settings such as STEM fields. …

We study the impact of the gender composition of a scoreboard on the persistence and performance of players in an … female, or 3 female names associated with the scores (gender composition). Based on 1140 participants, we find that males are … scoreboard, females play fewer games when they see only female names, but more games when they see mixed gender names with high …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the postsecondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … study stream at the higher-secondary level of education. A household fixed effects regression shows that girls are 20 …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … study stream at the higher-secondary level of education. A household fixed effects regression shows that girls are 20 …

Historically, educational gender gaps in Bangladesh persisted as households invested more in the education of boys than … girls. Recent reports, however, claim that the educational gender gaps have reversed in favor of girls. Using nationally … the reversal in the educational gender gap …

We investigate the impact of a change in the gender composition of the pool of candidates on the academic performance … of women in an entrance exam. We use data from a natural experiment that altered the gender composition of the candidates …, highlighting the nuanced impact of gender composition on women's performance in high-stakes exams. …

vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … wages. However, in some countries where labor markets are characterized by employment growth, skill shortages and a good … match between vocational skills and available jobs, the record of vocational schooling has been more positive. Israel …

for all individuals of the same age and level of education, so it ignores labor market intermittency because of childbirth … and child-rearing - a critical omission when analyzing gender differences in earnings. This paper constructs a better … can be generated using commonly available data on labor force participation rates by age and gender to gauge the …

This paper studies the role of human capital in gender wage disparities. Despite increasing convergence of male and … certain gender as additional drivers of the pay differential. Relying on PIAAC (the Program for the International Assessment … of Adult Competencies) data, we incorporate both formal educational attainment and actual cognitive skills in the …