We model voters' gender bias as a prejudice on women's competence coming from a distorted prior. We analyse the effect … choose to seek re-election more often. We also show that if parties endogenously select candidates, the effect of gender bias … of this bias in a two-period two-party election in which voters care about both ideology and competence. We find that …

This paper studies the causal effect of gender bias on access to bank credit. We extract an exogenous measure of gender … data on 6,000 small business firms from 17 countries and find that in countries with higher gender bias, female-owned firms … countries in our sample. Overall, the evidence suggests that in high-gender bias countries, female entrepreneurs are more likely …

This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19 …' evaluations, is larger for mathematical courses and particularly pronounced for junior women. The gender bias in teaching …. Despite the fact that neither students' grades nor self-study hours are affected by the instructor's gender, we find that …

This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19 …' evaluations, is larger for mathematical courses and particularly pronounced for junior women. The gender bias in teaching …. Despite the fact that neither students' grades nor self-study hours are affected by the instructor's gender, we find that …