Is Gender Bias A Cost Of Failure Issue?
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Universidad Católica San Antonio
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ISSN: 1578-4460
Année de publication: 2014
Titre de la publication: Special Issue on Economics of Education in collaboration with AEDE
Volumen: 14
Número: 3
Pages: 19-30
Type: Article
D'autres publications dans: Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES
Résumé
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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