Gender Differences in Academic Performance in a Large Public University in Turkey

Meltem Dayioglu and Serap Türüt-Asik ()
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Serap Türüt-Asik: Department of Economics, METU

No 417, ERC Working Papers from ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University

Abstract: The paper attempts to determine whether there are significant gender differences in academic performance among undergraduate students in a large public university in Turkey based on three indicators; university entrance scores, performance in the English preparatory school and in the program the student is majoring in. The paper finds that a smaller number of female students manage to enter the university and when they do so, they enter with lower scores. However, once they are admitted to the university, they excel in their studies and outperform their male counterparts. This result holds after controlling for the field of study and individual attributes.

Keywords: Academic achievement; undergraduate students; gender disparity; Turkey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I23 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2004-12, Revised 2004-12
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