This paper uses the universe of convictions in France between 2000 and 2003 to document the gender gap in sentencing. It reveals three main findings. First, during this period, and after controlling for very precise descriptions of the offences as well as other observable characteristics, women received prison sentences that were 15 days shorter, on average, than those of men who committed comparable offences. This represents a 33% decrease relative to the average sentence length in the sample (45 days in the entire sample). Second, this gender gap is also observed for mixed‐gender pairs of criminals (one man and one woman) who are convicted together, on the same day, by the same person and for the same crime. Finally, this paper presents robust evidence that the gender gap is affected by the gender of the judge, but not that of the prosecutor. Using the evolution of the courts’ composition between 2000 and 2003, the results show that a one‐standard‐deviation increase in the number of women in the court decreases the gender gap by 10%.

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判决中的性别差异

本文使用2000年至2003年法国的定罪范围来记录量刑中的性别差距。它揭示了三个主要发现。首先，在此期间，在控制了对犯罪以及其他可观察特征的非常精确的描述之后，妇女的监狱服刑平均比那些犯有类似罪行的男子要短15天。相对于样本中的平均句子长度（整个样本中的45天）减少了33％。其次，对于在同一天被同一个人和同一罪行定罪的混合性别犯罪分子（一对男人和一个女人）也观察到这种性别差距。最后，本文提供了有力的证据表明性别差距受法官性别的影响，而不受检察官性别的影响。