The Role of Perception of Grading in the Gender Gap in Education

An interesting new study from the Centre for the Economics of Education at the LSE.

"We find that students’ perceptions strongly depend on their gender and their teacher’s gender.

Teachers are more lenient with students of their own gender.

Male students invest less when graded by a female teacher, and female students invest more when graded by a male teacher."

And the possible implication?

"Indeed, with a male teacher, the gap between boys’ and girls’ effort increases because girls invest more; with a female teacher, the gap increases because boys invest less."

http://cee.lse.ac.uk/ceedps/ceedp133.pdf