Discrimination in Grading

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hanna, Rema N.; Linden, Leigh L.
• 署名单位: Harvard University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.4.4.146
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 146-168
• 关键词: Social identity; GENDER; blind; caste; BIAS; perceptions; performance; IMPACT

摘要

We report the results of an experiment that was designed to test for discrimination in grading in India. We recruited teachers to grade exams. We randomly assigned child characteristics (age, gender, and caste) to the cover sheets of the exams to ensure that there is no relationship between these observed characteristics and the exam quality. We find that teachers give exams that are assigned to be lower caste scores that are about 0.03 to 0.08 standard deviations lower than those that are assigned to be high caste. The teachers' behavior appears consistent with statistical discrimination. (JEL I21, J13, O15, O17, Z13)