Barbara Belfi, Mieke Goos, Bieke De Fraine, Jan Van Damme. Educational Research Review, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62–74 Abstract:  In the field of educational effectiveness research, the influence of a class’ student body on students’ individual achievement scores has…

    Causal Effects of Single-Sex Schools on College Entrance Exams and College Attendance: Random Assignment in Seoul High Schools.   Hyunjoon Park, University of Pennsylvania, hypark@sas.upenn.edu Jere R. Behrman, University of Pennsylvania, jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu Jaesung Choi,…

Marco Del Giudice1, Tom Booth2, Paul Irwing2 1 Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy, 2 Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Abstract  Background Sex differences in personality are believed to be comparatively small.…

Alison Booth and her colleagues have studied competitiveness and risk taking among girls over the past few years. In this study Booth, Cardona Sosa and Nolan (2011) explored whether single-sex classes within coeducational environments modify risk-taking attitudes. They were particularly interested…

ABSTRACT Single-sex classes within coeducational environments are likely to modify students’ risktaking attitudes in economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices over real-stakes lotteries at two distinct dates.…