Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics

Working Papers in Economics,
University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics

No 419: Discrimination in Scientific Review - A natural field experiment on blind versus non-blind review

Fredrik Carlsson (), Åsa Löfgren () and Thomas Sterner ()
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Fredrik Carlsson: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG
Åsa Löfgren: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG
Thomas Sterner: Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Postal: Box 640, SE 40530 GÖTEBORG

Abstract: This paper analyzes the impacts of gender, as well as other author characteristics, on reviewers’ grading of papers submitted to an international conference in economics in Sweden in 2008. Correcting for other variables, including country and research field as well as researcher academic level, we focus on the difference in grades between blind and non-blind review treatments. We find little effect of non-blind reviewing and no significant evidence of gender or any other type of discrimination. Furthermore, we do not find any significant difference between the average grading by female and male reviewers.

Keywords: Gender discrimination; review

JEL-codes: C93; J16

19 pages, December 9, 2009

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Fredrik Carlsson, Åsa Löfgren and Thomas Sterner, (2012), 'Discrimination in Scientific Review - A natural field experiment on blind versus non-blind review', Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol 114, no 2, pages 500-519

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