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The Gender Issue Revisited: A Case Study of Student Performance in Economics and Econometrics

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  • Dancer, Diane M

    (Econometrics and Business Statistics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, NSW)

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Using a sample of 696 first year students in an Australian university, we use a seemingly unrelated regression model and show that there are some very important differences between the key characteristics affecting performance in a first year course in economics and econometrics. Here the primary concern was a possible different gender affect in the two courses. The results indicate that the ability factors such as the TER, the mathematical ability and whether a student enrolls in a Commerce degree or another degree are important factors for differentiating success in economics and econometrics. The gender and age of a student--part of the socio-economic factors--are very different for the two courses. Of particular interest are the different effects of the gender variable in the two courses. Further, indicators of commitment such as attendance at tutorials, mostly attending lectures and motivation for enrolling in an economics related degree because the student took economics at school all clearly show differences.

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  • Dancer, Diane M, 2003. "The Gender Issue Revisited: A Case Study of Student Performance in Economics and Econometrics," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 33(1), pages 73-89, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:33:y:2003:i:1:p:73-89
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    1. Hart Hodges & Yvonne Durham & Steve Henson, 2018. "Economic Education Production Functions for the Principles of Macroeconomics and the Principles of Microeconomics: Is There a Difference?," Journal for Economic Educators, Middle Tennessee State University, Business and Economic Research Center, vol. 18(2), pages 22-41, Fall.
    2. Tang, Tommy, 2019. "Perceptions of assessment demands in economics," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 62(C), pages 80-90.
    3. Popp, Jennie S. Hughes & Rodriguez, German, 2006. "Quizbowl: Success In and Out of the Classroom, a Five Year Study," 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida 35395, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    4. Ann L. Owen, 2011. "Student Characteristics, Behavior, and Performance in Economics Classes," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 32, Edward Elgar Publishing.

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    Keywords

    Economics; Gender;

    JEL classification:

    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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