Do Judges Favor Their Own Ethnicity and Gender? : Evidence from Kenya

Do Judges Favor Their Own Ethnicity and Gender? : Evidence from Kenya

Evidence from high-income countries suggests that judges often exhibit in-group bias, favoring litigants that share an identity with the judge. However, there is little evidence on this phenomenon from the Global South. Collecting the available uni...

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Main Authors: Chen, Daniel Li, Graham, Jimmy, Ramos Maqueda, Manuel, Singh, Shashank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2022
Subjects:
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT EVALUATION
LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL
REDUCTION OF CORRUPTION
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
GENDER INEQUALITIES
SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114171646663154536/Do-Judges-Favor-Their-Own-Ethnicity-and-Gender-Evidence-from-Kenya
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37108

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/114171646663154536/Do-Judges-Favor-Their-Own-Ethnicity-and-Gender-Evidence-from-Kenya
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37108

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