Joanna N Lahey
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 89757 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joanna N Lahey |
| NOMBRES | Joanna N |
| APELLIDO | Lahey |
| FIRMA | LAHEY J N |
| AFILIACIONES | Texas A&M University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4674-6647 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2011 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
On the relationship between indirect measures of Black versus White racial attitudes and discriminatory outcomes: An adversarial collaboration using a sample of White Americans
The idea that racial prejudice contributes to discrimination not only deliberately but also in a more automatic fashion has been one of the most prominent topics in social psychological research in the past 30 years. Much of the evidence for theories of automatic prejudice stems from the use of indirect measures of implicit attitudes, yet meta-analyses give differing estimates regarding the predictive validity of such measures. The present advers…
Making Null Results Credible: An Overview of Design and Analytical Tools
One common criticism leveled against such findings is that null results could be driven by design factors like inadequate sample size or measurement error. In this essay, we provide an overview of several tools and practices that researchers can implement, both during the design stage and during post-hoc analysis, to make null results more credible. Specifically, as researchers design their studies, they can make use of power analysis and preregi…
Influence of Anti-Hispanic Bias on Perceptions of Hispanic Status of Names
This study explores the effects of anti-Hispanic bias on perceptions of Hispanic names. We showed 176 individuals 40 names chosen randomly from a pool of 84 non-Hispanic, Hispanic, and African-American names and then had them answer the Modern Racism Scale for Hispanics. We first determine the characteristics of individuals with bias in our sample. We find the level of bias against Hispanics is highest among individuals who are non-White, lower-i…
Symposium introduction: Taking behavior literally in BPA
The following is an introduction by the editors to a symposium on "taking behavior literally" in BPA. We published the manuscripts for this symposium in our 2023 issue. You can find those articles here: Vol. 6 (2023) | Journal of Behavioral Public Administration (journal-bpa.org)
Age and hiring for high school graduate Hispanics in the United States
Comparing Student and Recruiter Evaluations of Computer Science Resumes
Contribution: This study identifies which entry-level computer science (CS) resume items are most important and compares the ratings of student and recruiter participants to investigate the accuracy of student beliefs. To the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to analyze the extent to which CS students understand the resume screening process. The results of this have consequences for students in their own resume development. Background: …
Discrimination at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Evidence from an Eye‐Tracking Experiment
This paper uses a laboratory experiment with eye‐tracking and about 6,000 unique randomized resumes to explore the effects of race on employment discrimination over the life cycle for experienced applicants in their mid 30s to 70s. We find striking evidence of race discrimination against prime‐age Black job applicants that diminishes into middle age before re‐emerging for older applicants. Screeners in professional programs mechanically process B…
Causal Inference Methods: Lessons from Applied Microeconomics
This paper discusses causal inference techniques for social scientists through the lens of applied microeconomics. We frame causal inference using the standard of the ideal experiment, emphasizing problems of omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We explore how laboratory and field experiments can succeed and fail to meet this ideal in practice. We then outline how different methods and the statistical assumptions behind them can lead to c…
What Race Is Lacey? Intersecting Perceptions of Racial Minority Status and Social Class
Objective We examine how naïve raters’ perception of first name socioeconomic status (SES) is related to the name's perceived race. Methods Student volunteers rate the perceived race and SES of first names. We use a logit model to analyze the data. Results Participants are four times as likely to say a “White” name is Black when they perceive the mother as uneducated, compared to highly educated. While most raters accurately predict a name's race…
The Effect of Anti-Abortion Legislation on Nineteenth Century Fertility
Using nineteenth century legal information combined with census information, I examine the effect of state laws that restricted American women’s access to abortion on the ratio of children to women. I estimate an increase in the birthrate of 4 % to 12 % when abortion is restricted. In the absence of anti-abortion laws, fertility would have been 5 % to 12 % lower in the early twentieth century
Birthing a Nation: The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the Nineteenth-Century Demographic Transition
During the nineteenth century, the U.S. birthrate fell by half. While previous economic literature has emphasized demand-side explanations for this decline, many of these arguments are confounded by changes in the supply of technologies to control fertility. I exploit the introduction of state laws governing American women's access to abortion to measure the effect of changes in the supply of fertility technologies on the number of children born.…
The efficiency of a group‐specific mandated benefit revisited: The effect of infertility mandates
This paper examines the labor market effects of state health insurance mandates that increase the cost of employing a demographically identifiable group. State mandates requiring that health insurance plans cover infertility treatment raise the relative cost of insuring older women of child-bearing age. Empirically, wages in this group are unaffected, but their total labor input decreases. Workers do not value infertility mandates at cost, and so…
Causal Inference Methods: Lessons from Applied Microeconomics
This paper discusses causal inference techniques for social scientists through the lens of applied microeconomics. We frame causal inference using the standard of the ideal experiment, emphasizing problems of omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We explore how laboratory and field experiments can succeed and fail to meet this ideal in practice. We then outline how different methods and the statistical assumptions behind them can lead to c…
Discrimination at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Evidence from an Eye‐Tracking Experiment
This paper uses a laboratory experiment with eye‐tracking and about 6,000 unique randomized resumes to explore the effects of race on employment discrimination over the life cycle for experienced applicants in their mid 30s to 70s. We find striking evidence of race discrimination against prime‐age Black job applicants that diminishes into middle age before re‐emerging for older applicants. Screeners in professional programs mechanically process B…
What Race Is Lacey? Intersecting Perceptions of Racial Minority Status and Social Class
Objective We examine how naïve raters’ perception of first name socioeconomic status (SES) is related to the name's perceived race. Methods Student volunteers rate the perceived race and SES of first names. We use a logit model to analyze the data. Results Participants are four times as likely to say a “White” name is Black when they perceive the mother as uneducated, compared to highly educated. While most raters accurately predict a name's race…
Birthing a Nation: The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the Nineteenth-Century Demographic Transition
During the nineteenth century, the U.S. birthrate fell by half. While previous economic literature has emphasized demand-side explanations for this decline, many of these arguments are confounded by changes in the supply of technologies to control fertility. I exploit the introduction of state laws governing American women's access to abortion to measure the effect of changes in the supply of fertility technologies on the number of children born.…
The efficiency of a group‐specific mandated benefit revisited: The effect of infertility mandates
This paper examines the labor market effects of state health insurance mandates that increase the cost of employing a demographically identifiable group. State mandates requiring that health insurance plans cover infertility treatment raise the relative cost of insuring older women of child-bearing age. Empirically, wages in this group are unaffected, but their total labor input decreases. Workers do not value infertility mandates at cost, and so…
On the relationship between indirect measures of Black versus White racial attitudes and discriminatory outcomes: An adversarial collaboration using a sample of White Americans
The idea that racial prejudice contributes to discrimination not only deliberately but also in a more automatic fashion has been one of the most prominent topics in social psychological research in the past 30 years. Much of the evidence for theories of automatic prejudice stems from the use of indirect measures of implicit attitudes, yet meta-analyses give differing estimates regarding the predictive validity of such measures. The present advers…
The Effect of Anti-Abortion Legislation on Nineteenth Century Fertility
Using nineteenth century legal information combined with census information, I examine the effect of state laws that restricted American women’s access to abortion on the ratio of children to women. I estimate an increase in the birthrate of 4 % to 12 % when abortion is restricted. In the absence of anti-abortion laws, fertility would have been 5 % to 12 % lower in the early twentieth century
The efficiency of a group‐specific mandated benefit revisited: The effect of infertility mandates
This paper examines the labor market effects of state health insurance mandates that increase the cost of employing a demographically identifiable group. State mandates requiring that health insurance plans cover infertility treatment raise the relative cost of insuring older women of child-bearing age. Empirically, wages in this group are unaffected, but their total labor input decreases. Workers do not value infertility mandates at cost, and so…
The Effect of Anti-Abortion Legislation on Nineteenth Century Fertility
Using nineteenth century legal information combined with census information, I examine the effect of state laws that restricted American women’s access to abortion on the ratio of children to women. I estimate an increase in the birthrate of 4 % to 12 % when abortion is restricted. In the absence of anti-abortion laws, fertility would have been 5 % to 12 % lower in the early twentieth century
Birthing a Nation: The Effect of Fertility Control Access on the Nineteenth-Century Demographic Transition
During the nineteenth century, the U.S. birthrate fell by half. While previous economic literature has emphasized demand-side explanations for this decline, many of these arguments are confounded by changes in the supply of technologies to control fertility. I exploit the introduction of state laws governing American women's access to abortion to measure the effect of changes in the supply of fertility technologies on the number of children born.…
What Race Is Lacey? Intersecting Perceptions of Racial Minority Status and Social Class
Objective We examine how naïve raters’ perception of first name socioeconomic status (SES) is related to the name's perceived race. Methods Student volunteers rate the perceived race and SES of first names. We use a logit model to analyze the data. Results Participants are four times as likely to say a “White” name is Black when they perceive the mother as uneducated, compared to highly educated. While most raters accurately predict a name's race…
Causal Inference Methods: Lessons from Applied Microeconomics
This paper discusses causal inference techniques for social scientists through the lens of applied microeconomics. We frame causal inference using the standard of the ideal experiment, emphasizing problems of omitted variable bias and reverse causality. We explore how laboratory and field experiments can succeed and fail to meet this ideal in practice. We then outline how different methods and the statistical assumptions behind them can lead to c…
Discrimination at the Intersection of Age, Race, and Gender: Evidence from an Eye‐Tracking Experiment
This paper uses a laboratory experiment with eye‐tracking and about 6,000 unique randomized resumes to explore the effects of race on employment discrimination over the life cycle for experienced applicants in their mid 30s to 70s. We find striking evidence of race discrimination against prime‐age Black job applicants that diminishes into middle age before re‐emerging for older applicants. Screeners in professional programs mechanically process B…
Comparing Student and Recruiter Evaluations of Computer Science Resumes
Contribution: This study identifies which entry-level computer science (CS) resume items are most important and compares the ratings of student and recruiter participants to investigate the accuracy of student beliefs. To the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to analyze the extent to which CS students understand the resume screening process. The results of this have consequences for students in their own resume development. Background: …
Symposium introduction: Taking behavior literally in BPA
The following is an introduction by the editors to a symposium on "taking behavior literally" in BPA. We published the manuscripts for this symposium in our 2023 issue. You can find those articles here: Vol. 6 (2023) | Journal of Behavioral Public Administration (journal-bpa.org)
Age and hiring for high school graduate Hispanics in the United States
Making Null Results Credible: An Overview of Design and Analytical Tools
One common criticism leveled against such findings is that null results could be driven by design factors like inadequate sample size or measurement error. In this essay, we provide an overview of several tools and practices that researchers can implement, both during the design stage and during post-hoc analysis, to make null results more credible. Specifically, as researchers design their studies, they can make use of power analysis and preregi…
Influence of Anti-Hispanic Bias on Perceptions of Hispanic Status of Names
This study explores the effects of anti-Hispanic bias on perceptions of Hispanic names. We showed 176 individuals 40 names chosen randomly from a pool of 84 non-Hispanic, Hispanic, and African-American names and then had them answer the Modern Racism Scale for Hispanics. We first determine the characteristics of individuals with bias in our sample. We find the level of bias against Hispanics is highest among individuals who are non-White, lower-i…
On the relationship between indirect measures of Black versus White racial attitudes and discriminatory outcomes: An adversarial collaboration using a sample of White Americans
The idea that racial prejudice contributes to discrimination not only deliberately but also in a more automatic fashion has been one of the most prominent topics in social psychological research in the past 30 years. Much of the evidence for theories of automatic prejudice stems from the use of indirect measures of implicit attitudes, yet meta-analyses give differing estimates regarding the predictive validity of such measures. The present advers…
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