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Why do we discriminate? The role of motivated reasoning

  • 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.

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Author:Markus EytingGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-647439
URL:https://ssrn.com/abstract=4210315
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4210315
Parent Title (English):SAFE working paper ; No. 356
Series (Serial Number):SAFE working paper (356)
Publisher:SAFE
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:English
Year of Completion:2022
Year of first Publication:2022
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2022/09/13
Tag:belief formation; discrimination; motivated reasoning
Issue:August, 2022
Page Number:54
Institutes:Wirtschaftswissenschaften / Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / House of Finance (HoF)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Center for Financial Studies (CFS)
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / Sustainable Architecture for Finance in Europe (SAFE)
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 33 Wirtschaft / 330 Wirtschaft
JEL-Classification:D Microeconomics / D8 Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty / D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief
D Microeconomics / D9 Intertemporal Choice and Growth / D90 General
J Labor and Demographic Economics / J7 Labor Discrimination / J71 Discrimination
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht