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The Supply Side of Discrimination?

Evidence from the Labor Supply of Boston Taxi Drivers

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Journal of Human Resources, July 2026, 61 (4) 1362-1396; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0522-12320R1
Osborne Jackson
Osborne Jackson is a Principal Economist in the Research Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston .
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    • I. Introduction
    • II. Background and Data on Boston Taxi Drivers
    • III. Variation in Trips and Demographics across Boston
    • IV. Models of Labor Supply with Discrimination
    • V. Shift-Level Estimates of Supply-Side Disparities
    • VI. Disparity Robustness and Heterogeneity
    • VII. Do Demographic Disparities Reflect Discrimination?
    • VIII. Quasi-Experimental Trip-Level Estimation
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