For those interested in a critique of the Goldin and Rouse paper on blind auditions: an overview by Columbia's Andrew Gelman (a specialist in causal inference) of criticisms of the original paper: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/05/11/did-blind-orchestra-auditions-really-benefit-women/ (Answer: Unclear. Possibly not. Possibly a very little. Definitely not a clear case.)
For those interested in a critique of the Goldin and Rouse paper on blind auditions: an overview by Columbia's Andrew Gelman (a specialist in causal inference) of criticisms of the original paper: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/05/11/did-blind-orchestra-auditions-really-benefit-women/ (Answer: Unclear. Possibly not. Possibly a very little. Definitely not a clear case.)