Income Inequality and White-on-Black Racial Bias in the United States: Evidence From Project Implicit and Google Trends

Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 205 - 222
Published: Jan 11, 2019
Abstract
Several theories predict that income inequality may produce increased racial bias, but robust tests of this hypothesis are lacking. We examined this relationship at the U.S. state level from 2004 to 2015 using Internal Revenue Service–based income-inequality statistics and two large-scale racial-bias data sources: Project Implicit ( N = 1,554,109) and Google Trends. Using a multimethod approach, we found evidence of a significant positive...
Paper Details
Title
Income Inequality and White-on-Black Racial Bias in the United States: Evidence From Project Implicit and Google Trends
Published Date
Jan 11, 2019
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
205 - 222
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