AEA Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
What's in a Name? Can Name-Blind Evaluation Reduce Bias in AP Course Recommendation?
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 114,
May 2024
(pp. 205–09)
Abstract
Using a variation of a correspondence audit study, we show that even after controlling for how prepared a candidate seems, White males are more likely to be recommended for AP Calculus. In this setting, name-blind review does not improve the likelihood of recommendation for any race/gender group and can actually be harmful rather than simply bias reducing.Citation
Francis, Dania V., Angela C. M. de Oliveira, and Carey Dimmitt. 2024. "What's in a Name? Can Name-Blind Evaluation Reduce Bias in AP Course Recommendation?" AEA Papers and Proceedings, 114: 205–09. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241109Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I21 Analysis of Education
- I24 Education and Inequality
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination