▣ Date &Time: December 10, Tuesday, 10:30am-12:00am

▣ Venue: Room 9213

▣ Lecturer: Prof. Soohyung Lee (University of Maryland)

▣ Title: "Do Single-Sex Schools Make Girls More Competitive?"

[Abstract]

We examine the effect of single-sex schooling on students’ competitiveness. We conduct an experiment in South Korea, where middle school students are randomly assigned to either a single-sex school or a coeducational school within a school district. Similar to existing studies, our study shows that girls are less likely to select competition than boys, despite the absence of gender differences in performance. We find no evidence supporting the hypothesis that singlesex schooling may reduce the gender-gap in competitiveness. Instead, our results suggest that parental input may be important in reducing the gap.