Schlosser, Analia
[Verfasser:in]
;
Neeman, Zvika
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft];
Attali, Yigal
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]
Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests
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Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments 2019 erstellt
Beschreibung:
We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in “high” and “low” stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests are partly explained by the fact that males and whites exert lower effort in low stakes tests compared to females and minorities