Using administrative data, we study the role of attribution bias in a high-stakes, consequential decision: the choice … of results is consistent with attribution bias and difficult to reconcile with competing explanations. …

Using administrative data, we study the role of attribution bias in a high-stakes, consequential decision: the choice … of results is consistent with attribution bias and difficult to reconcile with competing explanations. …

In this paper, we first present novel evidence of grading bias against women at the university level. This is in … in Sweden, the teachers and graders at the university level are predominantly male. Thus, an in-group bias mechanism …-group bias can only explain approximately 20 percent of the total grading bias effect at the university level. …