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Discrimination in Times of Crises and the Role of the Media

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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.

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  • Asaf Zussman, 2023. "Discrimination in Times of Crises and the Role of the Media," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 422-451, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:aejapp:v:15:y:2023:i:4:p:422-51
    DOI: 10.1257/app.20210732
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    JEL classification:

    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J44 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Professional Labor Markets and Occupations
    • L82 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Entertainment; Media

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