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Do professors really perpetuate the gender gap in science? Evidence from a natural experiment in a French higher education institution

Breda, Thomas; Ly, Son Thierry - HAL - 2012

experiment, we show the opposite: discrimination goes in favor of females in more male-connoted subjects (e.g. math, philosophy … between science and humanities majors. We identify discrimination by systematic differences in students' scores between oral … each subject and for her overall ability at oral exams. The mechanisms likely to drive this positive discrimination toward …

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Discrimination in the formation of academic networks : a field experiment on #EconTwitter

Ajzenman, Nicolas; Bruno Ferman, Bruno; Sant'Anna, Pedro C. - 2023

This paper assesses the results of an experiment designed to identify discrimination in users' following behavior on …

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Is the bar higher for female scholars? : evidence from career steps in economics

Johannesen, Niels; Muchardt, Simon - 2024

Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this question by comparing the scientific merit of male and female academic economists who make the same career step. Across four domains - i.e. faculty positions, network...

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Gender grading bias at Stockholm University: Quasi-experimental evidence from an anonymous grading reform

Jansson, Joakim; Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn - 2018

In this paper, we first present novel evidence of grading bias against women at the university level. This is in contrast to previous results at the secondary education level. Contrary to the gender composition at lower levels of education in Sweden, the teachers and graders at the university...

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The Genius is a Male: Stereotypes and Same-Sex Bias in Exam Grading in Economics at Stockholm University

Jansson, Joakim; Tyrefors, Björn - 2020

We use the random allocation of graders to different exam questions at Stockholm University to evaluate the existence of same-sex bias in exam correction. We find evidence of same-sex bias before anonymous exams were introduced. Notably, once anonymous grading was in place, the effect...

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