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Updating, self-confidence, and discrimination

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  • Albrecht, Konstanze
  • von Essen, Emma
  • Parys, Juliane
  • Szech, Nora

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In this laboratory experiment, we show that people incorporate irrelevant group information when evaluating others. Individuals from groups that perform badly on average receive low evaluations, even when it is known that the individuals themselves perform well. This group-bias occurs both in a gendered setup, where women form the worse performing group, and in a non-gendered setup.

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  • Albrecht, Konstanze & von Essen, Emma & Parys, Juliane & Szech, Nora, 2013. "Updating, self-confidence, and discrimination," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 144-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eecrev:v:60:y:2013:i:c:p:144-169
    DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.02.002
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    Keywords

    Updating; Conservatism; Gender; Discrimination; Self-confidence;
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    JEL classification:

    • D81 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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