Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Evidence from Educational Admission Reforms

This paper studies whether increased competition has adverse consequences for students’ intrinsic motivation by studying an upper secondary admission reform in Norway. While earlier students were enrolled into their neighboring school, the new system introduces school choice, where admission is base...

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Published in:B.E. journal of economic analysis and policy (Online) 2016-01, Vol.16 (1), p.409-436
Main Authors: Hopland, Arnt O., Nyhus, Ole Henning
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competitive advantage
competitiveness
D02
D03
Education reform
Gender differences
Gender differentiation
I20
I28
J16
Motivation
natural experiment
School choice
student motivation
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Summary:This paper studies whether increased competition has adverse consequences for students’ intrinsic motivation by studying an upper secondary admission reform in Norway. While earlier students were enrolled into their neighboring school, the new system introduces school choice, where admission is based on performance in lower secondary school. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we find that whereas the motivation for boys seems to be unaffected by the increased competition, there are adverse consequences on the motivation for girls.
ISSN:2194-6108
1935-1682
DOI:10.1515/bejeap-2015-0008