【题  目】Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Gender Equality? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

【时  间】2022年11月9日（星期三），上午9:00-10:30

【地  点】腾讯会议ID：634-694-635

【主讲人】包郑扬 助理教授（厦门大学经济学院）

【主持人】徐  慧 副教授  （北京师范大学经济与工商管理学院）

摘要：Women are underrepresented in many fields due to gender stereotypes and discriminatory treatment from incumbents. How to create a gender-neutral learning environment when people's mindset is slow to change? Artificial intelligence (AI) 's recent development provides a way to achieve this goal as we can remove gender-related information for the AI trainer. To test the effectiveness of AI training, we use data from a natural experiment where AI trainers replace some human teachers for a strategic board game due to the COVID-19 disease. The game is male-dominate, and human teachers typically favor boys and create a gender performance gap. We find the introduction of AI not only improves boys' and girls' performance faster but also reduces the pre-existing gender gap. The data suggests that AI trainers' gender-neutral emotional status can partly explain why girls benefit more. We provide the first evidence that AI technologies can promote equality for society.

报告人简介

包郑扬博士，厦门大学助理教授。2020年毕业于莫纳什大学，研究重点是行为和实验经济学和金融学，文章发表于JEBO、JFQA和NHB等领先学术期刊。