Think You鈥檙e Not Racist?
While overt racism may be on the wane in the US, research suggests it remains just below the surface.
Think You鈥檙e Not Racist?Paper Implicit Discrimination
What drives people to discriminate? Economists focus on two main reasons: "taste-based" and "statistical" discrimination. Under both models, individuals consciously discriminate, either for a variety of personal reasons or because group membership provides information about a relevant characteristic, such as productivity. Motivated by a growing body of psychological evidence, we put forward a third interpretation: implicit discrimination. Sometimes, we argue, discrimination may be unintentional and outside of the discriminator's awareness.
Published in: American Economic Review
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- 2005
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