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Gender Differences in Judging

Identity in Journalism: Evidence from News Reporting of Violence Against Women

This paper investigates whether reporter identity shapes news content and reader behavior. Using data on the universe of murders with female victims in Italy from 2006 to 2022, matched with associated newspaper articles, I measure gender differences …

Judging Disparities: Recidivism Risk, Image Motives, and In-Group Bias on Wisconsin Criminal Courts

This paper studies racial in-group disparities in Wisconsin, which has one of the highest Black-to-White incarceration rates among all U.S. states. The analysis is motivated by a model in which a judge may want to incarcerate more due to three …

Visual Justice: The Effect of Media Mugshots on Attitudes and Judicial Outcomes