Understanding whether labor market discrimination explains inferior labor market outcomes
for many groups has drawn the attention of labor economists for decades—at least since the …

Although theory suggests individuals are more willing to incur a personal cost to benefit
ingroup members, compared to outgroup members, there is inconsistent evidence in support …

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When defined in terms of social identity and affect toward copartisans and opposing
partisans, the polarization of the American electorate has dramatically increased. We …

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that
culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific …

We model the dynamics of discrimination and show how its evolution can identify the
underlying source. We test these theoretical predictions in a field experiment on a large …

Android robots are entering human social life. However, human–robot interactions may be
complicated by a hypothetical Uncanny Valley (UV) in which imperfect human-likeness …

Women (compared to men) and individuals from minority ethnic groups (compared to the
majority group) face unfavourable labour market outcomes in many economies,, but the …

We study inaccurate beliefs as a source of discrimination. Economists typically characterize
discrimination as stemming from a taste-based (preference) or accurate statistical (belief …

Conventional models of clientelism often assume poor voters have little or no choice over
which local broker to turn to for help. Yet communities in many clientelistic settings are …