The Enduring Effects of Racial Discrimination on Income and Health

IF 11.5 1区 经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS
Shari Jane Eli, Trevon Logan, Boriana Miloucheva
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Abstract

We investigate the effect of income on the long-standing racial mortality gap in the United States by using evidence from White and Black Civil War veterans who went on to receive postwar pensions. To circumvent endogeneity, we propose an exogenous source of variation in pension income: the judgment of the doctors who certified disability. We find large effects of pension income on longevity; large enough to close the Black–White mortality gap, in principle. However, because physicians discriminated against Blacks when evaluating the existence and severity of disabilities, Blacks received reduced pension benefits that failed to eliminate racial mortality gaps in practice. Our findings shed light on the role of beliefs about race, as opposed to racial animus, in contributing to racial differentials in well-being. (JEL H55, I12, I14, I24, J15, N31)
种族歧视对收入和健康的持久影响
我们调查了收入对美国长期存在的种族死亡率差距的影响,使用的证据来自内战后领取战后养老金的白人和黑人退伍军人。为了规避内生性,我们提出了养老金收入变化的外生来源:证明残疾的医生的判断。我们发现养老金收入对寿命的影响很大;原则上,大到足以消除黑人和白人之间的死亡率差距。然而,由于医生在评估残疾的存在和严重程度时歧视黑人,黑人领取的养老金减少,未能在实践中消除种族死亡率差距。我们的研究结果揭示了种族观念的作用,而不是种族仇恨,在促进种族差异的幸福感。(jl h55, i12, i14, i24, j15, n31)
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期刊介绍: Commencing in 1969, the Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) serves as a vital resource for economists, offering a means to stay informed about the extensive literature in the field. Each JEL issue features commissioned, peer-reviewed survey and review articles, book reviews, an annotated bibliography categorizing new books by subject, and an annual index of dissertations from North American universities.
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