Gender grading bias at Stockholm University : quasi-experimental evidence from an anonymous grading reform

Joakim Jansson and Björn Tyrefors

In this paper, we first present novel evidence of grading bias against women at the university level. This is in contrast to previous results at the secondary education level. Contrary to the gender composition at lower levels of education in Sweden, the teachers and graders at the university level are predominantly male. Thus, an in-group bias mechanism could consistently explain the evidence from both the university and secondary education level. However, we find that in-group bias can only explain approximately 20 percent of the total grading bias effect at the university level.

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Year of publication:	August 21, 2018 ; This version: August 21, 2018
Authors:	Jansson, Joakim ; Tyrefors, Björn
Publisher:	Stockholm, Sweden : Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Subject:	Grading bias \| University \| Discrimination \| Education \| Anonymous grading \| Hochschule \| Higher education institution \| Geschlecht \| Gender \| Bildungsabschluss \| Educational attainment \| Schweden \| Sweden \| Bildungsniveau \| Educational achievement \| Studierende \| Students \| Diskriminierung \| Systematischer Fehler \| Bias \| Hochschullehrer \| Higher education staff \| Experiment