The downside of good peers: How classroom composition differentially affects men's and women's STEM persistence

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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation (2020, background): “Our effect is approximately half the size of the impact of a one standard deviation increase in peer ability documented in Fischer (2017), which shows that exposure to high-ability peers lowers women’s probability of completing a STEM degree.”
Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the Lab and the Dutch Math Olympiad (2016, background): “Considering the fierce competition for journal space, research funding, and academic positions, persisting in the face of failure is arguably crucial for being successful in academia.”