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Reducing Discrimination through Norms or Information: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Student Evaluations of Teaching

Year: 2017

Type: book

Abstract: We conduct a field experiment to assess the impact of two different interventions designed to reduce gender biases in student evaluations of teaching (SET). In the first intervention, students received a normative statement by email, essentially reminding them that they should not discriminate in SETs. In the second intervention, the normative statement was augmented with precise information on how other students in the exact same situation had discriminated against female teachers in the past. While the pure normative statement had no significant impact on SETs, the informative statement appears to have reduced gender biases against female teachers. This effect mainly comes from a change in male students’ evaluation of female teachers.

Source: Toulouse 1 Capitole Publications (Université Toulouse I Capitole)

Authors: Anne Boring, Arnaud Philippe

Language: English

Topic: Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: green

Funders: George Mason University, European Commission, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Award: Effective Gender Equality in Research and the Academia

OpenAlex ID: W2777782870