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After the Burning : The Economic Effects of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Albright, Alex; Cook, Jeremy A.; Feigenbaum, James J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre resulted in the looting, burning, and leveling of 35 square blocks of a once-thriving Black neighborhood. Not only did this lead to severe economic loss, but the massacre also sent a warning to Black individuals across the country that similar events were possible in...

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Did Violence Against Asian-Americans Rise in 2020? : Evidence from a Novel Approach to Measuring Potentially Racially-Motivated Attacks

Knorre, Aleksei; Tiem, Britte van; Chalfin, Aaron - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Did anti-Asian violence rise after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic? Efforts to answer this question are compromised … studying whether anti-Asian violence rose after March 2020 that addresses each of these concerns. Using data from the FBI …'s National Incident-Based Reporting System, we study inter-race violence occurring in public spaces. While public violence …

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The Effects of School Desegregation on Crime

Weiner, David A. - 2009

One of the most striking features of crime in America is its disproportionate concentration in disadvantaged, racially segregated communities, which has long raised concern that segregation itself may contribute to criminal behavior. Yet little is known about whether government efforts to reduce...

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Early Predictors of Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice Involvement

Jordan, Andrew; Karger, Ezra; Neal, Derek A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We examine ten cohorts of male eighth graders in public schools in Chicago, IL: 1995-2004. We find that composite measures of math achievement, reading achievement, and neighborhood SES during elementary school are strong predictors of future felony arraignment and incarceration, even among...

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The Causal Effect of Heat on Violence : Social Implications of Unmitigated Heat Among the Incarcerated

Mukherjee, Anita; Sanders, Nicholas J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

high temperatures increase intense violence among the incarcerated. Days with unsafe heat index levels shift both the … intensive and extensive margins of violence, raising daily violent interactions by 20%, and the probability of any violence by … 18%. Our setting cleanly identifies the effect of heat on violence, and highlights previously unobserved social costs of …

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Minority Underrepresentation in U.S. Cities

Ricca, Federico; Trebbi, Francesco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper investigates the patterns of Minority representation and voter registration in U.S. municipal governments. For the period 1981-2020, we report substantial levels of strategic underrepresentation of African American, Asian, and Latino voters in U.S. local politics. Disproportionality...

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Racial Disparities in the Paycheck Protection Program

Chernenko, Sergey; Scharfstein, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Using a large sample of Florida restaurants, we document significant racial disparities in borrowing through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and investigate the causes of these disparities. Black-owned restaurants are 25% less likely to receive PPP loans. Restaurant location explains 5...

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Closing the Innovation Gap in Pink and Black

Cook, Lisa D.; Gerson, Janet; Kuan, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Recent research shows the negative impact of discrimination not only on the targets of discrimination but also on the economy as a whole. Racial and gender inequality can limit the entire economy's productive capacity and innovation outcomes. Using new data from NSF's Survey of Earned Doctorates...

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Racial Disparities in Access to Small Business Credit : Evidence from the Paycheck Protection Program

Howell, Sabrina T.; Kuchler, Theresa; Snitkof, David; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We explore the sources of racial disparities in small business lending by studying the $806 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was designed to support small business jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic. PPP loans were administered by private lenders but federally guaranteed, largely...

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Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences : The Great Migration and Civil Rights

Calderon, Alvaro; Fouka, Vasiliki; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized racial discrimination....

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