spending on police services reduces the attractiveness of committing a crime. We also assume that being a victim of crime …We present evidence that more ethnically fragmented communities spend, all else equal, more on police services than … less fragmented communities. We introduce a model of spending on police services which we use to interpret the data. In …

objective of this study is to analyze the effect of political culture and of valuation asymmetry on discrimination between the … discrimination is an endogenous variable that characterizes the mechanism allocating the prize. We consider situations under which … effect of changes in the political culture and in valuation asymmetry on the designer's preferred discrimination between the …

This paper surveys evidence on discrimination in Latin America and shows that there is a widespread perception of … discrimination, especially against the poor, the uneducated and those who lack connections. The channels through which discrimination … discriminatory practices in the region. This puzzle, where individuals perceive discrimination is in the air, but few act …

discrimination, such as the searchers' ethnicity, gender, age and employment status, affect the number of contacts they receive from … nobserved heterogeneity better than most existing studies of discrimination. We find that, even when we control for other …

We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial …

This paper provides evidence on discrimination in the hiring process. We use data generated from a “policy experiment … explained by discrimination. Our results concerning ethnic discrimination are less conclusive, probably due to measurement …

discrimination, such as the searchers’ ethnicity, gender, age and employment status, affect the number of contacts they receive from … unobserved heterogeneity better than most existing studies of discrimination. We find that, even when we control for all other …

Anonymous application procedures (AAP) are increasingly promoted as a way to combat employment discrimination. The idea …