Petters, Lea M. and Schroeder, Marina (2020). Negative side effects of affirmative action: How quotas lead to distortions in performance evaluation. Eur. Econ. Rev., 130. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1873-572X

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Abstract

We study the impact of affirmative action on peer-review behavior. We conduct a real effort tournament experiment, in which prizes are awarded according to peer-review evaluation. Between treatments, we vary whether or not a quota is implemented and whether or not affirmed individuals face ex-ante procedural disadvantages. We find that quotas lead to distorted peer-reviews, where affirmed individuals receive significantly less favorable reviews than non-affirmed peers with similar performance. Distortions in peer-reviews are robust to changes in ex-ante procedural fairness and seem to be driven by enhanced competition among affirmed individuals. (c) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Petters, Lea M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schroeder, MarinaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-312579
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103500
Journal or Publication Title: Eur. Econ. Rev.
Volume: 130
Date: 2020
Publisher: ELSEVIER
Place of Publication: AMSTERDAM
ISSN: 1873-572X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
GENDER-DIFFERENCES; WOMEN; FAIRNESS; TOURNAMENTS; SABOTAGE; WORK; DISCRIMINATION; CONSEQUENCES; COMPETITION; EFFICIENCYMultiple languages
EconomicsMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/31257

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