Replication data for: Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Marcella Alsan; Owen Garrick; Grant Graziani

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Project Citation:

Alsan, Marcella, Garrick, Owen, and Graziani, Grant. Replication data for: Does Diversity Matter for Health? Experimental Evidence from Oakland. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2019. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-05-30. https://doi.org/10.3886/E231420V1

Project Description

Summary: We study the effect of physician workforce diversity on the demand for preventive care among African American men. In an experiment in Oakland, California, we randomize black men to black or non-black male medical doctors. We use a two-stage design, measuring decisions before (pre-consultation) and after (post-consultation) meeting their assigned doctor. Subjects select a similar number of preventives in the pre-consultation stage, but are much more likely to select every preventive service, particularly invasive services, once meeting with a racially concordant doctor. Our findings suggest black doctors could reduce the black-white male gap in cardiovascular mortality by 19 percent.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      C93 Field Experiments
      I12 Health Behavior
      I14 Health and Inequality

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V1 [2025-05-30]

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