American Economic Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
Discrimination in Times of Crises and the Role of the Media
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 15,
no. 4, October 2023
(pp. 422–51)
Abstract
Can the extent of ethnic discrimination change quickly, and what circumstances and mechanisms make such changes possible? I address these questions by using scraped data to study the daily evolution of customer discrimination against Arab doctors in Israel from January 2020 to June 2021. Results show that: (1) the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis in March 2020 led to a dramatic decline in discrimination; (2) the eruption of a wave of ethnic riots in May 2021 had the opposite effect; (3) media coverage of the contribution of Arab doctors to the fight against the pandemic helped bring about the first change.Citation
Zussman, Asaf. 2023. "Discrimination in Times of Crises and the Role of the Media." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 15 (4): 422–51. DOI: 10.1257/app.20210732Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- I12 Health Behavior
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing
- L82 Entertainment; Media
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