TY  - UNPD
A1  - Eyting, Markus
T1  - Why do we discriminate? The role of motivated reasoning
T2  - SAFE working paper ; No. 356
N2  - Identifying the cause of discrimination is crucial to design effective policies and to understand discrimination dynamics. Building on traditional models, this paper introduces a new explanation for discrimination: discrimination based on motivated reasoning. By systematically acquiring and processing information, individuals form motivated beliefs and consequentially discriminate based on these beliefs. Through a series of experiments, I show the existence of discrimination based on motivated reasoning and demonstrate important differences to statistical discrimination and taste-based discrimination. Finally, I demonstrate how this form of discrimination can be alleviated by limiting individuals’ scope to interpret information.
T3  - SAFE working paper - 356 
KW  - discrimination
KW  - belief formation
KW  - motivated reasoning
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/64743
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-647439
UR  - https://ssrn.com/abstract=4210315
IS  - August, 2022
PB  - SAFE
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -