Gender Gap in Performance under Competitive Pressure: Admissions to Czech Universities
利用捷克全国高中毕业生数据，研究发现女性在竞争激烈的大学录取中表现显著差于同等能力的男性，但在竞争较弱时表现相当。
Do women perform worse than equally able men in stressful competitive settings? We ask this question for competitions with a high payoff—admissions to tuition-free selective universities. With data on an entire cohort of Czech students graduating from secondary schools and applying to universities, we show that, compared to men of similar general skills and subject-of-study preferences, women perform similarly well when competition is less intense, but perform substantially worse (are less likely to be admitted) when applying to very selective universities.