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Gender gap in performance under competitive pressure: admissions to Czech universities
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SYSNO ASEP 0362796 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Gender gap in performance under competitive pressure: admissions to Czech universities Author(s) Jurajda, Štěpán (NHU-N) RID
Münich, Daniel (NHU-N) RIDSource Title American Economic Review - ISSN 0002-8282
Roč. 101, č. 3 (2011), s. 514-518Number of pages 5 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords gender gap in performance ; competition ; universities & colleges Subject RIV AH - Economics R&D Projects LC542 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) CEZ AV0Z70850503 - NHU-N (2005-2011) UT WOS 000291150300099 EID SCOPUS 79958291143 DOI 10.1257/aer.101.3.514 Annotation Do women perform worse than equally able men in stressful competitive settings? We ask this question for competitions with a high payoff--admissions to tuition-free selective universities. With data on an entire cohort of Czech students graduating from secondary schools and applying to universities, we show that, compared to men of similar general skills and subject-of-study preferences, women perform similarly well when competition is less intense, but perform substantially worse (are less likely to be admitted) when applying to very selective universities. Workplace Economics Institute Contact Tomáš Pavela, pavela@cerge-ei.cz, Tel.: 224 005 122 Year of Publishing 2012
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