Who Gets Credit? Bias and Attribution in Team vs. Solo Work
**Co-author:** Alexander Coutts **Status:** Working Paper Collaboration is a key driver of productivity in organizations and intellectual work. However, it often obscures individual contributions, making evaluations challenging. Gender bias can further distort assessments, affecting both collaborative choices and how work is perceived. In this experimental study, we examine how individuals choose between working alone or in teams, knowing their performance will later be judged by a third-party evaluator. Evaluators must balance the expected benefits of team-based work against the uncertainty of assessing individual performance within a team. We compare a baseline anonymous setting to one where gender is revealed, studying how participants adjust their choices and how evaluators form judgments. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of fairness, incentives, and gender dynamics in evaluation. [Read more](/research/who-gets-credit/)