Thrilled to share that, after years of work, Roberto Asmat and I have published our paper in the Journal of Development Economics: “Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩‍⚖️👨‍⚖️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/

Gender differences in judicial decisions under incomplete information: Evidence from child support cases

We study gender differences in child support rulings by judges in cases where defendants (fathers) may work in either the formal or informal sector. O…

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On the #EconJobMarket with two JMPs! JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims. (1)