Racial Profiling? Detecting Bias Using Statistical Evidence

We review the economics literature that deals with identifying bias, or taste for discrimination, using statistical evidence. A unified model is developed that encompasses several different strategies studied in the literature. We also discuss certain more theoretical questions concerning the proper objective of discrimination law.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Persico, Nicola
Published in:	Annual Review of Economics. - Annual Reviews, ISSN 1941-1383. - Vol. 1.2009, 1, p. 229-254
Publisher:	Annual Reviews
Subject:	discrimination \| identification \| bias

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; J71 - Discrimination ; K31 - Labor Law
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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