Discrimination

October, Friday 28th | 11:15-13:15 hs

Contributed Session CS17

Room 232

 
Chair: Mauricio Cárdenas, Fedesarollo, Colombia
 
 

 

 Race Discrimination in Brazil: An Analysis of the Age, Period and Cohort Effects

 

  

 

Session: Discrimination

 

  

Presenter

 Mauricio Reis, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, Brazil

 

  

Author(s)

Mauricio Reis, Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, Brazil

Anna Crespo, Princeton University

 

  

 

 

Earnings gap between white and black workers show a decreasing trend for younger cohorts in Brazil. Using data from 1987 to 2002, we decompose the earnings gap by race into characteristic effect and discrimination term, for cohort-year cells. This second term is decomposed into age, period and cohort effects. The evidences show that cohort effects are smaller for younger generations, age effects are smaller for older workers and high inflation periods are related to lesser discrimination term.

 

 

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 Differences in Educational Attainment Across and Within Races Under a Dynamic Setting

 

  

 

Session: Discrimination

 

  

Presenter

 Larissa Campuzano, Mathematica Policy Research Inc

 

  

Author(s)

Larissa Campuzano, Mathematica Policy Research Inc

 

  

Sponsor

The American University of Paris Scholarship

 

  

 

 

A previous version of the paper found that first and second generation students have a higher educational attainment than similar third generations. The dynamic model developed here ties the statistical model to a behavioral one, providing a better interpretation of the results. This model suggests that when students are forward-looking differences in completion of college degrees are the main cause of differences in previous stages rather than differences in per-period preferences.

 

 

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 Race and Ethnic Inequality in Health and Health Care in Colombia

 

  

 

Session: Discrimination

 

  

Presenter

Mauricio Cárdenas, Fedesarollo, Colombia

 

  

Author(s)

Raquel Bernal, Northwestern University

Mauricio Cárdenas, Fedesarollo, Colombia

 

  

Sponsor

The LACEA-GDN Scholarship

 

  

 

 

In this paper we explore race health inequalities in Colombia. We first document the situation of Afrocolombians and indigenous populations in terms of health using the Living Standards Survey and Familias en Acción program. We then set up a statistical model that allows us to test whether observed health inequalities remain after controlling for observed characteristics. The results indicate that most racial disparities disappear once we control for socioeconomic characteristics of individuals

 

 

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 Negative Stereotypes and Willingness to Change Them: Testing Theories of Discrimination

 

  

 

Session: Discrimination

 

  

Presenter

Jorge Aguero, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

  

Author(s)

Jorge Aguero, University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

  

Sponsor

The LACEA-GDN Scholarship

 

  

 

 

I present a new test to distinguish between two theories of discrimination: preference versus information. Those who discriminate based on preferences refuse to change their stereotypes, while those who discriminate based on information will change. Results show that people are willing to change their initial beliefs about whites, but they are reluctant to change these beliefs for non-whites. This has implications about the permanency of affirmative action policies.

 

 

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 Intergenerational Transmission of Domestic Violence: Evidence for Colombian Families

 

  

 

Session: Discrimination

 

  

Presenter

 Luz Magdalena Salas, National Planning Department and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

 

  

Author(s)

Luz Magdalena Salas, National Planning Department and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

 

  

Sponsor

The Banco de la República Scholarship

 

  

 

 

Reproduction mechanisms of domestic violence in Colombia were studied particularly severe physical mistreat against women. With probit models factors that determines physical mistreat to women by her partner given that he grew up in a violent and non-violent family and factors that determines if she gets divorced given that she grew up in a violent and non-violent family were estimated. Results show that domestic violence is transmitted from generation to generation by learning.

 

 

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 Homeownership and Gender

 

  

 

Session: Discrimination

 

  

Presenter

 Nestor Gandelman, Universidad ORT Uruguay

 

  

Author(s)

Nestor Gandelman, Universidad ORT Uruguay

 

  

Sponsor

The Tinker Foundation Scholarship

 

  

 

 

The literature on housing tenure often incorporates household head' gender as an explanatory variable. Surprisingly, several studies found discrimination in favor of women or not significant results. We argue that some determinants of homeownership also affect household headship. Not accounting this endogeneity leads to inconsistent results. We estimate a recursive bivariate probit and find discrimination against women in the housing market.

 

 

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