Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires

dc.contributor.MentorRomero, María Noelia
dc.creator.AutorMillas Caputo, Juan Francisco
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-10T15:23:25Z
dc.date.available2024-12-10T15:23:25Z
dc.date.issued2024-11
dc.descriptionFil: Millas Caputo, Juan Francisco. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.
dc.description.abstractThis paper aims to assess the existence (and if so, estimate the magnitude) of a discriminatory bias against low-income and immigrant households in the context of the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires. The argument presents the previous anecdotal evidence on discrimination based on socioeconomic outcomes and nationality from government-appointed commissioners, and proposes this investigation as an econometric approach that assesses and quantifies the existence of this phenomenon using historical data. The identification strategy consists of commissioner-level fixed-effects models to control for individual-specific unobservable variables. The main takeaway is that, in line with previous anecdotal evidence presented by other authors, these households’ (conventillos) probability of being fined when non-compliant of hygiene norms was 14 p.p. higher than other types of households and the monetary value of the fines they received were 159 $m/c (pesos moneda corriente) higher.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/24399
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.titleStatistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires
dc.typeTesis
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
dc.typeinfo:ar-repo/semantics/tesis de maestría
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion
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