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Gender and the Study of Economics: The Role of Gender of the Instructor

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Robb, R.E.
Robb, A.L.

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In this paper we explore the question of whether the gender of the instructor in first year university microeconomis might play a role either in the performance of students, and espatially the performance of female students, in microeconomics, or, in the likelihood that student will continue in economics.

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Paper provided by Brock University, Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 1996-05.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: TEACHING; MICROECONOMICS;

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A20 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - General
A23 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Graduate

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  1. William E. Becker, 1997. "Teaching Economics to Undergraduates," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 35(3), pages 1347-1373, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Heath, Julia A, 1989. "An Econometric Model of the Role of Gender in Economic Education," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 79(2), pages 226-30, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Charles Ballard & Marianne Johnson, 2005. "Gender, Expectations, and Grades in Introductory Microeconomics at a US University," Feminist Economics, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 95-122, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. John Ashworth & J. Lynne Evans, 2001. "Modeling Student Subject Choice at Secondary and Tertiary Level: A Cross-Section Study," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 32(4), pages 311-320. [Downloadable!]
  3. Kent Saunders & Phillip Saunders, 1999. "The influence of instructor gender on learning and instructor ratings," Atlantic Economic Journal, International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 27(4), pages 460-473, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. John Kane & Larry Spizman, 1999. "Determinants of Student Retention of Microeconomic Concepts," Departmental Working Papers 199901, Department of Economics, SUNY-Oswego, revised 18 Mar 1999. [Downloadable!]
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