Harvard tend to begin the course with a weaker math background than men, math background does not explain much of the gender … also do not explain much of the gender gap. On the other hand, women do less well in economics relative to other courses … than men do, and controlling for this difference in relative performance significantly diminishes the estimated gender gap …

has been increasing over the past decade – reaching 68% in 2014 for all levels of education combined. The gender disparity …. Between 2005 and 2014, the gender gap increased at the primary and secondary levels, but decreased at the tertiary level. …

This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19 …. Despite the fact that neither students' grades nor self-study hours are affected by the instructor's gender, we find that …' evaluations, is larger for mathematical courses and particularly pronounced for junior women. The gender bias in teaching …