How Performance Evaluations Hurt Gender Equality
Performance evaluations are designed to be meritocratic. Unfortunately, they can exacerbate the very gender inequities they are striving to reduce.
Margaret C. Nikolov is an independent statistical consultant who previously taught at the United States Naval Academy. Her research includes applications in public and environmental health, naval architecture, and sociology. She earned her doctorate in biostatistics from Harvard University.
Performance evaluations are designed to be meritocratic. Unfortunately, they can exacerbate the very gender inequities they are striving to reduce.