What makes diversity unifying in some settings but divisive in others? We examine how the mixing of ethnic groups in … within schools to obtain variation in the type of diversity that prevails in a peer group. We combine this with a large …-based discrimination, both of which are costly and lead to lower payouts. In contrast, accurate statistical discrimination is ruled out by …

The persistent lack of workplace diversity in management and leadership may lead to organizational vulnerabilities … increase demographic diversity, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on effective ways to reach them. We use a natural field … different types of signals regarding the extent and manner in which the employer values diversity among its workers. We find …

A substantial literature studies franchise extension, focusing primarily on class-based - rather than race …-based - voting restrictions. This paper constructs and analyzes a novel dataset that codes the presence of race-based restrictions on … substantial power to determine their electoral law). It documents extensive variation in these restrictions over time and across …

Discrimination against minorities is pervasive in many societies, but little is known about minorities' strategies to … investigate Armenians' willingness to hide their ethnicity to avoid expected discrimination. 43 percent of Armenian trustees …

lower weights than rural residents. Urban net nutrition varied by race, and urban whites and blacks had lower BMIs, shorter …

performance is low, either due to discrimination, low productivity, or choice of a short working time. Affirmative action favoring …

discrimination in job applicant assessments and test treatments to help improve hiring of the best applicants. In our experiment, we … resumes. We find evidence consistent with inaccurate statistical discrimination: while there are no significant gender … evidence that statistical discrimination can be mitigated. In two treatments, in which we provide assessors with additional …

We examine whether information about racial discrimination causally affects support for pro-black policies. Using … representative samples of Americans, we elicit quantitative and incentivized beliefs about the extent of hiring discrimination … of racial discrimination is not sufficient to reduce political polarization in support for pro-black policies. …