Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires

Fil: Millas Caputo, Juan Francisco. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.

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Autor principal: Millas Caputo, Juan Francisco
Otros Autores: Romero, María Noelia
Formato: Tesis Tesis de maestría updatedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía 2024
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/24399
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spelling I37-R143-10908-243992025-01-20T15:22:07Z Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires Millas Caputo, Juan Francisco Romero, María Noelia Fil: Millas Caputo, Juan Francisco. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina. This 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. 2024-12-10T15:23:25Z 2024-12-10T15:23:25Z 2024-11 Tesis info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis info:ar-repo/semantics/tesis de maestría info:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion Millas Caputo, J. F. (2024). Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires. [Tesis de maestría, Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía]. Repositorio Digital San Andrés. https://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/24399 https://repositorio.udesa.edu.ar/handle/10908/24399 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
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title_short Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires
title_full Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires
title_fullStr Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires
title_full_unstemmed Statistical discrimination during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic in Buenos Aires
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