eprintid: 24856
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1589
dir: disk0/00/02/48/56
datestamp: 2018-07-10 12:59:56
lastmod: 2022-07-18 01:24:27
status_changed: 2018-07-10 12:59:56
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Ramachandran, Rajesh
creators_name: Rauh, Christopher
title: Discrimination without taste: how discrimination can spillover and persist
subjects: ddc-300
divisions: i-181000
abstract: We introduce coordination failures driven by beliefs regarding the presence of taste discriminators as a channel of discrimination in productive activities requiring the input of multiple agents. We show that discrimination can persist under perfectly observable ability, when taste for discrimination has died out, and under absence of discriminatory social norms. Empirically we analyze the market for self-employment—an activity commonly requiring inputs from multiple agents. Consistent with the theoretical predictions, beliefs about discrimination are a significant correlate of self-employment rates, as well as the cost and success of establishing productive relations for blacks in the US.
date: 2018
publisher: Springer
id_scheme: DOI
ppn_swb: 1655155504
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-248562
language: eng
bibsort: RAMACHANDRDISCRIMINA2018
full_text_status: public
publication: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association
place_of_pub: Berlin ; Heidelberg
pagerange: 1-26
issn: 1869-4195
citation:   Ramachandran, Rajesh ; Rauh, Christopher  (2018) Discrimination without taste: how discrimination can spillover and persist.  SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association.  pp. 1-26.  ISSN 1869-4195     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/24856/1/13209_2018_Article_179.pdf