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Scapegoating of ethnic minorities: Experimental evidence

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  • Tomáš Želinský

    (Technical University of Košice)

  • Gerard Roland

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Jana Cahlíková

    (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance)

  • Julie Chytilová

    (Charles University)

  • Michal Bauer

    (Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University)

Abstract

Scapegoating refers to a social phenomenon whereby members of an aggrieved majority group retaliate against innocent third parties, usually members of vulnerable minority groups. This column uses an experiment set up between May and September 2017 in Eastern Slovakia – where a large Roma minority regularly suffers from discrimination – to measure how an injustice that affects a member of one’s own group shapes the punishment of an unconnected bystander (or scapegoat). The experiment shows that members of a majority group will systematically shift punishment onto innocent members of an ethnic minority.

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  • Tomáš Želinský & Gerard Roland & Jana Cahlíková & Julie Chytilová & Michal Bauer, 2023. "Scapegoating of ethnic minorities: Experimental evidence," ECONtribute Policy Brief Series 044, University of Bonn and University of Cologne, Germany.
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    1. Michal Bauer & Jana Cahlíková & Julie Chytilová & Gérard Roland & Tomáš Želinský, 2023. "Shifting Punishment onto Minorities: Experimental Evidence of Scapegoating," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 133(652), pages 1626-1640.
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