Gender attitudes in the judiciary: evidence from U.S. circuit courts

Elliott Ash, Daniel L. Chen () and Arianna Ornaghi
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Daniel L. Chen: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Arianna Ornaghi: Hertie School of Governance [Berlin]

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Abstract: Do gender attitudes influence interactions with female judges in U.S. Circuit Courts? In this paper, we propose a judge-specific measure of gender attitudes based on use of gender-stereotyped language in the judge's authored opinions. Exploiting quasi-random assignment of judges to cases and conditioning on judges' characteristics, we validate the measure showing that higher-slant judges vote more conservatively in gender-related cases. Higher-slant judges interact differently with female colleagues: they are more likely to reverse lower-court decisions if the lower-court judge is a woman than a man, are less likely to assign opinions to female judges, and cite fewer female-authored opinions.

Keywords: Gender attitudes; Judiciary; Stereotypes; NLP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-01-01
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Published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (1), pp.314-350. ⟨10.1257/app.20210435⟩

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Journal Article: Gender Attitudes in the Judiciary: Evidence from US Circuit Courts (2024)
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DOI: 10.1257/app.20210435

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