Rise to the Challenge or Not Give a Damn: Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests

Yigal Attali, Zvika Neeman and Analia Schlosser

No 275788, Foerder Institute for Economic Research Working Papers from Tel-Aviv University > Foerder Institute for Economic Research

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 that examinees solved after the GRE. Males exhibit a larger difference in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than females, and Whites exhibit a larger difference in performance relative to Asians, Blacks, and Hispanics. The larger differential performance between high and low stakes tests among men and whites is partially explained by lower effort invested in the low stake test.

Keywords: Financial; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60
Date: 2012-01
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Working Paper: Rise to the Challenge or Not Give a Damn: Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests (2011)
Working Paper: Rise to the Challenge or Not Give a Damn: Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests (2011)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.275788

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