Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/36903 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4921
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using a very large sample of matched author-referee pairs, we examine how the gender of referees and authors affects the former's recommendations. Relying on changing matches of authors and referees, we find no evidence of gender differences among referees in charitableness toward authors; nor do we find any effect of the interaction between the referees' and authors' gender. With substantial research showing gender differences in fairness, the results suggest that an ethos of objectivity can overcome tendencies toward same-group favoritism/opposite-group discrimination.
Subjects: 
Discrimination
gender
academe
JEL: 
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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