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Title: | Gender differences in high-stakes performance and college admission policies |
Author: | Arenas Jal, Andreu Calsamiglia, Caterina |
Keywords: | Sol·licituds d'admissió a la universitat Estudis de gènere Rendiment acadèmic College Applications Gender studies Academic achievement |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB23/13] |
Abstract: | The Gale-Shapley algorithm is one of the most popular college allocation mechanism around the world. A crucial policy question in its setting is designing admission priorities for students, understanding how they disadvantage certain demographic groups, and whether these di_erences are related to di_erences in college performance potential (i.e., whether these di_erences are fair). Studying a policy change in Spain, we find a negative e_ect of increasing the weight of standardized high-stakes exams on female college admission scores, driven by students expected to be at the top. The effect on admission scores does not affect enrolment, but the percentage of female students in the most selective degrees declines, along with their career prospects. Using data on college performance of pre-reform cohorts, we find that female students most likely to lose from the reform tend to do better in college than male students expected to benefit from the reform. The results show that rewarding high-stakes performance in selection processes may come along with gender differences unrelated to the determinants of subseqüent performance. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://ieb.ub.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Doc2023-13.pdf |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2023/13 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/205162 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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