Lajos Kossuth
@lkossuth.bsky.social
Economist. Decision-making, policy and development. Postdoctoral Researcher at MITSloan. Opinions are mine. 🇵🇪🇵🇪
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Lajos Kossuth
@lkossuth.bsky.social
· Sep 25
Gender differences in judicial decisions under incomplete information: Evidence from child support cases
We study gender differences in child support rulings by judges in cases where defendants (fathers) may work in either the formal or informal sector. O…
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Thrilled to share that, after years of work, Roberto Asmat and I have published our paper in the Journal of Development Economics:
“Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩⚖️👨⚖️
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“Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩⚖️👨⚖️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Thrilled to share that, after years of work, Roberto Asmat and I have published our paper in the Journal of Development Economics:
“Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩⚖️👨⚖️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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“Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩⚖️👨⚖️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/
Gender differences in judicial decisions under incomplete information: Evidence from child support cases
We study gender differences in child support rulings by judges in cases where defendants (fathers) may work in either the formal or informal sector. O…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Thrilled to share that, after years of work, Roberto Asmat and I have published our paper in the Journal of Development Economics:
“Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩⚖️👨⚖️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/
“Gender Differences in Judicial Decisions under Incomplete Information: Evidence from Child Support Cases” 👩⚖️👨⚖️
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
1/
On the #EconJobMarket with two JMPs!
JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims.
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JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims.
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November 27, 2024 at 5:22 PM
On the #EconJobMarket with two JMPs!
JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims.
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JMP1: Natural Experiment. Female judges award less child support. In cases where income is unknown, this is explained by them being more sensitive to overstatements of mothers' claims.
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