Data and code for: Discrimination in Times of Crises and the Role of the Media

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Asaf Zussman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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README.pdf application/pdf 314.7 KB 12/21/2022 01:35:AM
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construct_maccabi_dataset.smcl text/plain 1.1 MB 12/19/2022 10:21:PM
corona_by_locality.csv text/csv 7 MB 12/19/2022 10:21:PM
localities_cbs.csv text/csv 68.9 KB 12/19/2022 10:21:PM
maccabi_dataset.dta application/x-stata-dta 120.1 MB 12/19/2022 10:21:PM
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media_coverage_arabs.dta application/x-stata-dta 14.7 KB 12/19/2022 10:21:PM
media_coverage_corona.csv text/csv 16.6 KB 12/19/2022 10:21:PM

Project Citation: 

Zussman, Asaf. Data and code for: Discrimination in Times of Crises and the Role of the Media. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-09-18. https://doi.org/10.3886/E175242V1

Project Description

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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.

Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Israel Science Foundation (2604/20)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Discrimination; Ethnicity; Israel; Media
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      L82 Entertainment; Media
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Israel
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/9/2020 – 6/30/2021
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 1/9/2020 – 6/30/2021


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