Is Gender Bias A Cost Of Failure Issue?

• Carmen MARÍN MARTÍNEZ ; Alfonso Rosa-García ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Católica San Antonio

     Universidad Católica San Antonio

     Murcia, España

     
• Localización: Estudios Economicos Regionales y Sectoriales : EERS: Regional and sectoral economic studies : RSES, ISSN 1578-4460, Vol. 14, Nº. Extra 3, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Special Issue on Economics of Education in collaboration with AEDE), págs. 19-30
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.