Beliefs about Racial Discrimination and Support for Pro-Black Policies

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Haaland, Ingar; Roth, Christopher
• 署名单位: Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); University of Cologne
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01036
• 发表日期: 2023-01
• 页码: 40-53
• 关键词: redistribution evidence; partisan bias; self-interest; preferences; attitudes; metaanalysis

摘要

This paper provides representative evidence on beliefs about racial discrimination and examines whether information causally affects support for pro-black policies. Eliciting quantitative beliefs about the extent of hiring discrimination against blacks, we uncover large disagreement about the extent of racial discrimination with particularly pronounced partisan differences. An information treatment leads to a convergence in beliefs about racial discrimination but does not lead to a similar convergence in support of pro-black policies. The results demonstrate that while providing information can substantially reduce disagreement about the extent of racial discrimination, it is not sufficient to reduce disagreement about pro-black policies.