Blind auditions: +50pp female advance rate in symphony orchestras (Goldin & Rouse, AER 2000)
Blind auditions (screens hiding the musician's identity) increased the probability a woman advanced from a preliminary to a final symphony orchestra round by roughly 50 percentage points; blind auditions account for approximately 30% of the increase in female orchestral musicians since 1970.
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