Testing Appellate Court Assignments as a Natural Experiment: Gender Induced Panel Effects in Sex-Discrimination Cases

Published: Jul 10, 2015
Abstract
The random assignment of judges in the US Appellate Courts has been underutilized in the study of court panel effects. The present study treats case assignment in the US Appellate Courts as a natural experiment, testing for panel effects of female judges in Title VII sex discrimination cases, comparing the votes of male fellow-panelists when the treatment judge is a female with the votes of fellow-panelists of the control judges who are male and...
Paper Details
Title
Testing Appellate Court Assignments as a Natural Experiment: Gender Induced Panel Effects in Sex-Discrimination Cases
Published Date
Jul 10, 2015
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