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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
Our study sheds light on how gender shapes judicial decision-making under uncertainty, with implications for child welfare, fairness, and justice in developing countries. We hope it sparks discussion at the intersection of law, gender, and development economics. /
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Lajos Kossuth @lkossuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🔹 Result 3: We find no conclusive statistical evidence for other mechanisms—such as bias against female plaintiffs, workplace masculinization, or differences in legal objectives. 4/
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Lajos Kossuth @lkossuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
🔹 Result 2: Among defendants in the informal sector (over 70% of cases), the gap seems to come from female judges’ greater skepticism toward claims they perceive as inflated, shaping their beliefs about defendants’ earnings. 3/
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Lajos Kossuth @lkossuth.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
We study how judges in Lima, Peru assign child support awards to mothers. Our findings show clear differences in how male and female judges evaluate cases. 🔹 Result 1: Female judges award child support amounts that are on average 0.18 standard deviations lower than those awarded by male judges. 2/
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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
JMP2: RCT. A non-monetary incentives scheme, "Destaca Docente", improves teaching quality in Peruvian primary schools through boosting teachers' perceptions of relative autonomy. More info: JMP1: tinyurl.com/55etefmv JMP2: tinyurl.com/3pukyfcv Thanks!
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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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