An Economic Analysis of Black-White Disparities in Nypd's Stop and Frisk Program
28 Pages Posted: 16 Feb 2013 Last revised: 19 May 2023
Date Written: February 2013
Abstract
We analyze data on NYPD's "stop and frisk program" in an effort to identify racial bias on the part of the police officers making the stops. We find that the officers are not biased against African Americans relative to whites, because the latter are being stopped despite being a "less productive stop" for a police officer.
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Coviello, Decio and Persico, Nicola, An Economic Analysis of Black-White Disparities in Nypd's Stop and Frisk Program (February 2013). NBER Working Paper No. w18803, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2219063
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