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Crowd and the Gender Gap in Project Evaluations

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  • Aurelien Quignon

    (ICN Business School, CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine)

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Does relying on the crowd mitigate differences in evaluations between male-and femaleled entrepreneurial projects? Drawing on the wisdom of the crowd and the gender stereotype theory, I examine gender differences in crowd evaluations and the role of gender identity in assessing quality using data from an online platform. I find that female-led projects do not receive lower evaluation scores, but female evaluators are more supportive of female founders. However, a gender gap persists across sub-criteria, with male-led projects receiving higher scores on traits associated with masculine stereotypes, while female-led projects garner more support for traits aligned with feminine stereotypes.

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  • Aurelien Quignon, 2024. "Crowd and the Gender Gap in Project Evaluations," Working Papers hal-04792570, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04792570
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