Performance Gender Gap: Does Competition Matter?

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Gender Gap in Performance under Competitive Pressure: Admissions to Czech Universities (2011, background): “In particular, the competitive nature of the education process offers several testing opportunities, as illustrated by, e.g., Joseph Price (2008).”
Gender and competition in adolescence: task matters (2013, background): “Similarly, Örs et al. (2008) find that women perform less well compared to men on the very competitive entry exam to one of France’s higher ranked schools, while outperforming men in two less competitive settings.”
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN RESPONSE TO BIG STAKES (2016, background): “Some noteworthy examples are Cornwell, Mustard, and Van Parys (2013), Lavy (2008), and Örs, Palomino and Peyrache (2013).”
Behavioral Economics of Education (2015, methodology): “Similar to Ors et al. (2013) they observe a gender gap in performance for the university entry examinations to the very competitive programs, although women do equally well in the entrance examinations for the less competitive programs.”