Can Credentials Mitigate Gender Bias in Economic Policy Making? Experimental Evidence from Japanese Central Bankers

• In Event: Examining Gender Bias in Political Institutions and Beyond

Brief Overview

In the context of central banking, we look at the the causal effect (experiment with approximately 6,000 respondents in Japan) of professional credentials on public gender biases regarding macroeconomic policy credibility.

Authors

• Cristina A Bodea, Michigan State University

• Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University

• Masaaki Higashijima, The University of Tokyo