Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23320176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Friederike Mengel (0000-0002-7858-9033, University of Essex, corresponding author), Jan Sauermann (0000-0002-0550-0675, Stockholm University, corresponding author), Ulf Zölitz (University of Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 535-566 |
| Publication date | 2019-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the European Economic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1542-4766 • E-ISSN: 1542-4774 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jeea/jvx057 |
| OpenAlex | W2760240588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 118 |
| References cited | 42 |
This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19,952 student evaluations of university faculty in a context where students are randomly allocated to female or male instructors. Despite the fact that neither students’ grades nor self-study hours are affected by the instructor’s gender, we find that women receive systematically lower teaching evaluations than their male colleagues. This bias is driven by male students’ evaluations, is larger for mathematical courses, and particularly pronounced for junior women. The gender bias in teaching evaluations we document may have direct as well as indirect effects on the career progression of women by affecting junior women’s confidence and through the reallocation of instructor resources away from research and toward teaching. (JEL: J16, J71, I23, J45)
Context (archaeology) · Exploit · Gender bias · Mathematics education · Medical education · Computer Science · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Innovations in Educational Methods · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 118 |
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| Citations per year | 16,86 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 115 |