Gender bias in peer performance evaluations.

Autor/inn/en	Saygin, Perihan O.; Knight, Thomas
Titel	Gender bias in peer performance evaluations. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Geschlechtsspezifische Voreingenommenheit bei Leistungsbewertungen unter Gleichaltrigen.
Quelle	In: Journal of behavioral and experimental economics, (2026) 122, Art. 102568, 17 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2214-8043
DOI	10.1016/j.socec.2026.102568
Schlagwörter	Stereotyp; Frau; Leistungsbeurteilung; Peer-Group; Geschlecht; Universität; Hochschullehrer; Auswirkung; Geschlechtsspezifik; Mann; Student; USA
Abstract	"Peer performance evaluations are an important determinant of hiring and promotion decisions, but how objective are they? To tackle this question, we measure gender bias in performance evaluations in a large course at a flagship public university. We exploit the random assignments of both peer evaluators and blinded official graders over several essay assignments, where they are incentivized to match official blinded grades. We find that male peer graders assign higher scores to classmates without female-sounding names in content, but lower scores in writing style. Interestingly, we do not find such biases for female graders. Our findings highlight potential challenges of designing fair assessment practices." The study refers to the period 2018-2018 (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2026/4