Is Gender Bias A Cost Of Failure Issue?

  1. Carmen MARÍN MARTÍNEZ
  2. Alfonso Rosa-García 1
  1. 1 Universidad Católica San Antonio
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    Universidad Católica San Antonio

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05b1rsv17

Revista:
Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES

ISSN: 1578-4460

Año de publicación: 2014

Título del ejemplar: Special Issue on Economics of Education in collaboration with AEDE

Volumen: 14

Número: 3

Páginas: 19-30

Tipo: Artículo

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Otras publicaciones en: Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES

Resumen

We provide evidence on a gender bias in risk aversion among students of economics in Spain. In a sample of 2278 multiple choice exams with penalization for errors, women consistently answer less questions, what could damage females’ scores. We also provide evidence on a different gender bias pattern between ordinary and resit exams, what could be related to the performance expectative of students. A lower cost of error could reduce the effect of risk aversion and improve the scores of women. Thus these exams may create a disadvantage for women.

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