VIRTUAL EVENT: Revealing stereotypes: evidence from immigrant students in schools

The research studied teacher bias in Italian schools and looked at whether individuals who are made aware of their stereotypes change their behaviour. 

The study found that teachers give lower grades to immigrant students compared to natives with the same performance in standardised tests. 

Differences in grading are bigger for teachers with stronger stereotypes, elicited through an Implicit Association Test (IAT). We reveal teachers their own IAT score, randomising the timing of disclosure.

Teachers informed before grading increase grades assigned to immigrants. This result is driven by teachers who do not report explicit views against immigrants and who receive a more precise signal of their implicit bias.

Speaker

• Michela Carlana, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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In this weekly Quantitative Social Science (QSS) seminar series, speakers present research that falls under the broad umbrella of quantitative social science.

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• QSS seminar series
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