Discrimination in Grading

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy - Tập 4 Số 4 - Trang 146-168 - 2012
Rema Hanna1, Leigh Linden2
1John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Mailbox 26, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
2Department of Economics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C3100, Austin, TX 78712.

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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)

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American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Tập 4 Số 4

146-168

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