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Can the Government Deter Discrimination? Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in New York City
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Abstract Racial discrimination persists despite established antidiscrimination laws. A common government strategy to deter discrimination is to publicize the law and communicate potential penalties for violations. We study this strategy by coupling an audit experiment with a randomized intervention involving... mehr
Racial discrimination persists despite established antidiscrimination laws. A common government strategy to deter discrimination is to publicize the law and communicate potential penalties for violations. We study this strategy by coupling an audit experiment with a randomized intervention involving nearly 700 landlords in New York City and report the first causal estimates of the effect on rental discrimination against blacks and Hispanics of a targeted government messaging campaign. We uncover discrimination levels higher than prior estimates indicate, especially against Hispanics, who are approximately 6 percentage points less likely to receive callbacks and offers than whites. We find suggestive evidence that government messaging can reduce discrimination against Hispanics but not against blacks. The findings confirm discrimination’s persistence and suggest that government messaging can address it in some settings, but more work is needed to understand the conditions under which such appeals are most effective.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Diskriminierung; Rasse; Wohnungsmarkt; USA
Klassifikation
soziale Probleme
Freie Schlagwörter
behavioral policy compliance; field experiment; government communication; political economy of race
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2019
Seitenangabe
S. 127-141
Zeitschriftentitel
The Journal of Politics : JOP, 81 (2019) 1
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/209709
ISSN
1468-2508
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung