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Allocation of Time and Hateful Behavior
Author(s) -
Medoff Marshall H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1999.tb03403.x
Subject(s) - enforcement , economics , wage , value (mathematics) , social psychology , sociology , demographic economics , welfare economics , psychology , political science , labour economics , law , mathematics , statistics
A bstract This paper uses the rational‐choice economic approach to analyze hateful behavior. The theoretical model predicts that hateful activity decreases with increases in (i) the market wage rate, (ii) the value of time, (iii) age, and (iv) law enforcement activity. The theory is tested on U.S. state hate crime data and the empirical results provide convincing support for the model. Three other factors (urbanization, low occupational status, and downward social mobility) thought to be causes of hateful activity are found not to be statistically significant determinants of hateful activity.