#  Measuring racism with Google search 

 





November 26, 2011

 

 

Using racially charged google searches as a proxy for racism, [this paper](http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~sstephen/papers/RacialAnimusAndVotingSethStephensDavidowitz.pdf) by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz shows that Barak Obama lost 3-5 percentage points of the popular vote in 2008 because he is black. I found it very interesting and the emprical strategy invites imitation and application to other areas. Worth a look.

Posted by [Richard Nielsen](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/sss/archives/author/richard-nielsen-1/) at November 26, 2011 10:46 AM



 

 

 



 

 

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