Cappellari, Lorenzo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pozzoli, Dario - 2008
This paper investigates the determinants of grades achieved in mathematics by first year students Economics. We use … secondary school achievements and good maths skills (pre-college) are usually associated with higher grades. Ceteris paribus …, females typically do better than males. Since students can postpone the exam or repeat it when they fail, we also analyse the …