STATISTICAL DISCRIMINATION THEORY

Which of the following are examples of statistical discrimination?

1. If a home buyer doesn't buy a home in a Black neighborhood because he believes Black people are more likely to be criminals.
2. If people avoided Chinese food restaurants at the beginning of the COVID pandemic because they believed Chinese people were more likely to carry the virus. (Note: we will have a guest lecture next week from a researcher who showed that this happened!)
3. If a home buyer doesn't buy a home in a Black neighborhood because faces a psychological cost when interacting with Black people.
4. If an employer doesn't hire a woman because he believes she is more likely to quit the job after starting a family.
5. If a car insurance company charges higher prices to young men because they are more likely to get in an accident
6. If someone renting out their apartment doesn't rent to an Arab American even though they have the same likelihood of paying rent on time.
7. If a recruiter has full information about athletes' performance, and offers an African American athlete with better performance a contract for more money than a White athlete with poorer performance.