01487nam a22001577a 4500999001900000008004100019100005300060245007100113260003600184300003300220520090100253773003601154906002401190942000701214952010801221  c525261d525261240220b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aEli, S.J., Logan, T.D. and Miloucheva, B.949994  aThe enduring effects of racial discrimination on income and health  aJournal of Economic Literature   a61(3), Sep, 2023: p. 924-940  aWe 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.- Reproduced 

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  aJournal of Economic Literature   aRACE DISCRIMINATION  cAR  00102ddc40709400318aIIPAbIIPAd2024-02-20h61(3), Sep, 2023: p. 924-940pAR131069r2024-02-20yAR