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<p>Tyler Cowen <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/10/pedigree-bias.html" title="Marginal Revolution: Pedigree bias in economics">considers the question of &lsquo;pedigree bias&rsquo; in economics</a> and other fields; while he <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/10/assorted-links-16.html">follows up</a> with an <a href="http://www.aier.org/ejw/archive/investigating-the-apparatus/doc_view/3645-ejw-200504?tmpl=component&amp;format=raw">article</a> that suggests pedigree bias may not be as pronounced as he initially suspected, nonetheless there is a clear relationship. I would imagine the relationship found in the Klein article would be even stronger if it measured initial hiring decisions, though.</p> <p>My thoughts on such matter, at least as they pertain to political science, have been <a href="http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/4156">blogged</a> <a href="http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/3485">previously</a> and <a href="http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/3215">repeatedly</a>, so I won&rsquo;t belabor those points here.</p> http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/4297 http://blog.lordsutch.com/atom.cgi/entryid=4297