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Lajos Kossuth

@lkossuth.bsky.social
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Economist. Decision-making, policy and development. Postdoctoral Researcher at MITSloan. Opinions are mine. 🇵🇪🇵🇪 www.lajoskossuth.com

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Lajos Kossuth @lkossuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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/
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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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Lajos Kossuth @lkossuth.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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. (1)
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