Gender, Competitiveness, and Study Choices in High School: Evidence from Switzerland
研究将瑞士高中生的专业选择与实验测得的竞争意愿关联，发现竞争意愿强的学生更倾向选数学方向，且性别竞争差异部分解释了女生较少选数学密集型专业。
Willingness to compete has been found to predict individual and gender differences in educational choices and labor market outcomes. We provide further evidence for this relationship by linking Swiss students' Baccalaureate school (high school) specialization choices to an experimental measure of willingness to compete. Boys are more likely to specialize in math in Baccalaureate school. In line with previous findings, competitive students are more likely to choose a math specialization. Boys are more likely to opt for competition than girls and this gender difference in competitiveness could partially explain why girls are less likely to choose a math-intensive specialization.