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Title: Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests: Evidence from the GRE Test

Author(s): Yigal Attali, Zvika Neeman and Analia Schlosser

Publication Date: December 2018

Keyword(s): Experiment, Gender Gap, GRE, high stakes, incentives, low stakes, Performance and race gap

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: 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.

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Attali, Y, Neeman, Z and Schlosser, A. 2018. 'Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests: Evidence from the GRE Test'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=13360