We investigate the extent and underlying mechanisms of how race beliefs associated with applicants' names affect hiring decisions. Using nationally representative data, we find widespread beliefs that people with names perceived to be Black possess lower levels of education, productivity and...

The experiences of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential primaries raised important questions for scholars regarding how stereotypes based on race and gender can impact voters' perceptions of candidate traits and viability. Further reflection on this momentous election also...

This discussion considers assumptions about judges and judging and suggests that despite what is sometimes perceived as increasing diversity on the bench and in the legal profession, outsider decision makers' membership of the jurisprudential community is still marked by 'otherness'. The...

Using Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-United States micro-census data from 1960 to 2010, this paper examines whether racial and Gender income disparities beget inequality by differentially impacting the growth prospects of the poor, the middle class, and the rich. Racial and Gender...

Using Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-United States micro-census data from 1960 to 2010, this paper examines whether racial and gender income disparities beget inequality by differentially impacting the growth prospects of the poor, the middle class, and the rich. Racial and gender...