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Minority groups and success in election primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810012
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Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011797105
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Minority groups and success in election primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131239
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Candidate strategies in primaries and general elections with candidates of heterogeneous quality
Hummel, Patrick - In: Games and Economic Behavior 78 (2013) C, pp. 85-102
I consider a model in which candidates of differing quality must win a primary election to compete in the general election. I show that there is an equilibrium in which Democrats choose liberal policies and Republicans choose conservative policies, but higher quality candidates choose more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011049727
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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows
Heizler, Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - 2010
This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272669
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Shifting Punishment on Minorities: Experimental Evidence of Scapegoating
Bauer, Michal; Cahlíková, Jana; Chytilová, Julie; … - 2021
This paper provides experimental evidence showing that members of a majority group systematically shift punishment on innocent members of an ethnic minority. We develop a new incentivized task, the Punishing the Scapegoat Game, to measure how injustice affecting a member of one's own group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658187
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The Effect of Historically Black Colleges on Wages of Black Students: an Analysis by Gender.
Constantine, J.M. - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 1998
This study considers the effect of attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on wages of black students. A model is developed to estimate reduced form wages equations conditioned on the decision to attend a four year HBCU, non-HBCU or no four year institution. Models are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005519085
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Linguistic and Economic Characteristics of Francophone Minorities in Canada: A Comparison of Ontario and New Brunswick.
Grenier, G - Département d'Économie / Department of Economics, … - 1996
well they have done in preserving their identity and in achieving economic success. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005368917
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Social Interaction and the Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality : Why Being a Minority Hurts but being a big Minority Hurts More
Kahanec, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
Empirical findings that minorities typically attain lower economic status than majorities and that relatively larger minorities perform worse than smaller ones pose a challenge to economics.To explain this scale puzzle, I model an economy where the society is bifurcated into two social groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090782
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Who will be idol? The importance of social networks for winning on reality shows
Heizler (Cohen), Odelia; Kimhi, Ayal - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 41 (2012) 1, pp. 18-25
This paper examines, both theoretically and empirically, the effect of social networks and belonging to minority groups (or race) on the probability of winning in reality television shows. We develop a theoretical model that studies viewer behavior by presenting a framework of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011120404