Racial Discrimination and the Social Contract: Evidence from US Army Enlistment During WWII

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Qian, Nancy; Tabellini, Marco
• 署名单位: National Bureau of Economic Research; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Harvard University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6527
• DOI: 10.1093/restud/rdaf038
• 发表日期: 2025
• 关键词: world-war-ii; state capacity; LABOR; segregation; RIGHTS

摘要

This paper documents that the Pearl Harbor attack triggered a sharp increase in volunteer enlistment rates of American men, the magnitude of the increase was smaller for Black men than for White men and the Black-White gap was larger in counties with higher levels of racial discrimination. The results suggest that political exclusion and discrimination can undermine support for the government during critical times such as war.