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Student Performance in Principles of Macroeconomics: the Importance of Gender and Personality Type

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  • Leiv Opstad

    (Trondheim Business School)

  • Lars Fallan

    (Trondheim Business School)

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Several studies indicate that females perform more poorly in economic courses than their male counterparts. Other studies reveal that students' personality types affect their performance in economic courses, as well. The present study explores this issue by testing a number of interactions between gender and the Kersey-Bates temperament types in an ordered probit model explaining students' grades in Principles of Macroeconomics. The results confirm that the interaction of gender and temperament types does matter in a student's performance. The present study reveals that not all female temperament types perform more poorly than their counterparts and not all male temperament types do significantly better than females as a group.

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  • Leiv Opstad & Lars Fallan, 2010. "Student Performance in Principles of Macroeconomics: the Importance of Gender and Personality Type," International Review of Economic Education, Economics Network, University of Bristol, vol. 9(1), pages 76-92.
    • Handle: RePEc:che:ireepp:v:9:y:2010:i:1:p:76-92
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    1. Leiv OPSTAD, 2022. "Attitudes Of Master Students Working In The Public Sector Towards Management Education. Does Economics’ Theory Matter?," Management Research and Practice, Research Centre in Public Administration and Public Services, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 14(4), pages 37-46, December.
    2. Hadsell, Lester, 2020. "Not for want of trying: Effort and Success of women in principles of microeconomics," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 35(C).
    3. David Sabiston & Ambrose Leung & Gianfranco Terrazzano, 2017. "Learning styles and performance in principles of economics: does the gender gap exist?," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 37(4), pages 2935-2944.

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