Kenneth Colombe
@kcolombe24.bsky.social
Oahu, Hawaii🏡 | @ConnCollege | @umsbe | @uni_tue |
@UniBonn Economics MRes | Recovering sports data user...
https://sites.google.com/view/kcolombe/
@UniBonn Economics MRes | Recovering sports data user...
https://sites.google.com/view/kcolombe/
#SportsEconomics #LaborEcon #BehavioralEcon #DEI #Colorism #Refereeing #WNBA #MachineLearning #AppliedMicro #WorkingPaper
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🔗 Paper link: arxiv.org/abs/2508.10585
Racial bias, colorism, and overcorrection
This paper examines whether increased awareness can affect racial bias and colorism. We exploit a natural experiment from the widespread publicity of Price and Wolfers (2010), which intensified scruti...
arxiv.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🔗 Paper link: arxiv.org/abs/2508.10585
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
Context influences DEI efforts and policy: before prescribing solutions, it’s important to measure baseline bias, as well-intended pressure can temporarily overshoot in already inclusive environments.
Context influences DEI efforts and policy: before prescribing solutions, it’s important to measure baseline bias, as well-intended pressure can temporarily overshoot in already inclusive environments.
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬
Context influences DEI efforts and policy: before prescribing solutions, it’s important to measure baseline bias, as well-intended pressure can temporarily overshoot in already inclusive environments.
Context influences DEI efforts and policy: before prescribing solutions, it’s important to measure baseline bias, as well-intended pressure can temporarily overshoot in already inclusive environments.
Later: the effect diminishes, returning to near-zero bias levels.
The clearest evidence appears with a continuous tone 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 difference. The findings align with out-group favoritism rather than in-group discrimination.
The clearest evidence appears with a continuous tone 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 difference. The findings align with out-group favoritism rather than in-group discrimination.
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Later: the effect diminishes, returning to near-zero bias levels.
The clearest evidence appears with a continuous tone 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 difference. The findings align with out-group favoritism rather than in-group discrimination.
The clearest evidence appears with a continuous tone 𝐨𝐮𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 difference. The findings align with out-group favoritism rather than in-group discrimination.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝
Baseline: As expected, 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 racial bias exists 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 heightened awareness.
After attention: 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, where players receive 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 fouls from crews of more “opposite-race/dissimilar-tone” officials.
Baseline: As expected, 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 racial bias exists 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 heightened awareness.
After attention: 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, where players receive 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 fouls from crews of more “opposite-race/dissimilar-tone” officials.
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝
Baseline: As expected, 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 racial bias exists 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 heightened awareness.
After attention: 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, where players receive 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 fouls from crews of more “opposite-race/dissimilar-tone” officials.
Baseline: As expected, 𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 racial bias exists 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 heightened awareness.
After attention: 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, where players receive 𝐟𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 fouls from crews of more “opposite-race/dissimilar-tone” officials.
We examine the #WNBA, which is known for its clear stance against all forms of discrimination.
Using 11 seasons of data, quasi-random referee assignments, and Machine Learning to predict race and skin tone, we explore how increased public attention influences officiating.
Using 11 seasons of data, quasi-random referee assignments, and Machine Learning to predict race and skin tone, we explore how increased public attention influences officiating.
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We examine the #WNBA, which is known for its clear stance against all forms of discrimination.
Using 11 seasons of data, quasi-random referee assignments, and Machine Learning to predict race and skin tone, we explore how increased public attention influences officiating.
Using 11 seasons of data, quasi-random referee assignments, and Machine Learning to predict race and skin tone, we explore how increased public attention influences officiating.
Today, racial discrimination is illegal. This does not mean that racial discrimination has fully disappeared, but it is also plausible to assume that many (hopefully most) organizations have no ongoing systematic discrimination.
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today, racial discrimination is illegal. This does not mean that racial discrimination has fully disappeared, but it is also plausible to assume that many (hopefully most) organizations have no ongoing systematic discrimination.
When Gary Becker published his seminal work on the economics of discrimination (1957), racial discrimination in the USA was still legal.
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
When Gary Becker published his seminal work on the economics of discrimination (1957), racial discrimination in the USA was still legal.
and on the day Merz of Germany visits, speaking German in the Oval Office
June 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
and on the day Merz of Germany visits, speaking German in the Oval Office