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Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment
By: Nancy Qian and Marco Tabellini
This paper investigates the empirical relationship between inclusion and state capacity, as theorized by Besley and Persson (2009). We examine the impact of racial discrimination on Black U.S. military enlistment during the onset of WWII. We find that discrimination...
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Qian, Nancy, and Marco Tabellini. "Discrimination and State Capacity: Evidence from WWII U.S. Army Enlistment." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-005, July 2020. (Revised March 2022. Available also from KelloggInsight, HBS Working Knowledge, and NBER.)