Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240505 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1362
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
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 disappears. When separating the effects by grader's sex, both groups of graders favor male students, although male graders favor male students to a larger extent than female graders. Again, after anonymous grading was introduced, the effect disappears. There is no evidence of compositional changes across the pre-and post-anonymous grading regimes. In sum, our finding is consistent with theories of stereotyping, e.g., the genius being male.
Subjects: 
Grading bias
University
Discrimination
Education
Anonymous grading
Same-sex bias
JEL: 
I23
J16
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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