Author's gender affects rating of academic articles: Evidence from an incentivized, deception-free laboratory experiment
Author's gender affects rating of academic articles: Evidence from an incentivized, deception-free laboratory experiment
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DOI：
10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.02.017
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发表时间：
2016-11-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Smyk, Magdalena
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作者：
Krawczyk, Michal;Smyk, Magdalena
尽管在过去几十年里，妇女在学术界的地位发生了巨大变化，但仍有一些证据表明，在评价科学成就时，性别可能发挥着重要作用。性别偏见特别可能采取统计歧视的形式。在这项研究中，我们试图验证这一假设，即研究人员的性别影响评价他或她的工作，特别是在一个领域，妇女只代表少数。为了达到这个目的，我们要求一个样本的主题，主要是经济学专业，以评估一篇由混合性别夫妇撰写的论文，表明它是由“女性经济学家”，“男性经济学家”，“年轻的女性经济学家”或“年轻的男性经济学家”（共同）撰写的，或者根本没有提供关于作者的信息。虽然年龄因素不起作用，但女性作者似乎被认为不如男性有能力，因为受试者（被激励做出最佳判断）不太相信他们的论文已经发表。这种效应与受试者的性别没有强烈的相互作用。(C)© 2016 Elsevier B.V.版权所有。
Even though women's position in academia has changed dramatically over the last few decades, there is still some evidence that when it comes to evaluation of scientific achievements, gender may play a significant role. Gender bias is particularly likely to take the form of statistical discrimination. In this study we sought to verify the hypothesis that researcher's gender affects evaluation of his or her work, especially in a field where women only represent a minority. Towards this end we asked a sample of subjects, mostly economics majors, to evaluate a paper written by mixed-gender couples, indicating that it was (co-)authored by a "female economist", "male economist", "young female economist" or "young male economist" or giving no information about the author at all. While age factor played no role, female authors appeared to be seen as less competent than males, in that subjects (being incentivized to give their best judgment) less often believed that their papers have been published. This effect did not interact strongly with the gender of the subject. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.