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Direct linkPrice, Joseph – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2006
I use the introduction of a competitive fellowship program for graduate students to test whether men and women respond differently to competition and whether this response depends on the gender mix of the group. Men experienced a 10% increase in performance in response to the program, with the largest gains for men in departments with the most…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Females, Competition, Program Effectiveness
