The gender gap cracks under pressure
Subtitle: a detailed look at male and female performance differences during competitions
By: Christopher Cotton, Frank McIntyre, Joseph Price
Contributors: McIntyre, Frank; Price, Joseph; National Bureau of Economic Research
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 16436; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 16436.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Description: "Using data from multiple-period math competitions, we show that males outperform females of similar ability during the first period.  However, the male advantage is not found in any subsequent period of competition, or even after a two-week break from competition.  Some evidence suggests that males may actually perform worse than females in later periods.  The analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the design of the competition and the task at hand.  Even when the male advantage does exist, it does not persist beyond the initial period of competition"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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