Publications [#238487] of Timur Kuran

Journal Articles

1. Kuran, T; McCaffery, E, Sex Differences in Attitudes toward Discrimination, Political Research Quarterly, vol. 61 no. 2 (2008), pp. 228-238, SAGE Publications, ISSN 1065-9129 [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/18)

   Abstract:
   A large telephone survey conducted after the attacks of September 11, 2001, suggests that the willingness to tolerate discrimination varies significantly across domains, with a very high tolerance of discrimination against poorly educated immigrants and a strikingly low tolerance of discrimination against the genetically disadvantaged. Regardless of domain, tolerance is greater among men than among women. A survey conducted simultaneously over the World Wide Web, using volunteer panels, replicated the phone survey results and revealed an even larger sex gap. This finding suggests that a social desirability bias leads women to overstate and men to understate their tolerance of discrimination in public. © 2008 University of Utah.