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Sixty years of the Voting Rights Act: progress and pitfalls

Abstract:: We review the literature on the effects of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA), which removed formal restrictions to Black political participation. After a brief description of racial discrimination suffered by Black Americans since Reconstruction, we introduce the goals that the VRA was meant to achieve. Next, we discuss the local level impact of the law on political participation and representation, on public goods provision and policing practices, and on labour market outcomes. We then turn to Whites’ reactions, from political realignment to electoral counter-mobilization to changes in voting rules and arrests patterns. We conclude by discussing how the evidence reviewed in this article can inform policy-making and the design of legislation aimed at reducing racial discrimination and inequality.

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Bernini, A., Facchini, G., Tabellini, M., & Testa, C. (2024). Sixty years of the Voting Rights Act: progress and pitfalls. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 40(3), 486–497.

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Bernini, A., et al. “Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls.” Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 40, no. 3, Oxford University Press, 2024, pp. 486–97.

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Bernini, A, G Facchini, M Tabellini, and C Testa. 2024. “Sixty Years of the Voting Rights Act: Progress and Pitfalls.” Oxford Review of Economic Policy 40 (3): 486–97.
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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: Economics
Oxford college:: Mansfield College
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+ Facchini, G More by this author

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+ Tabellini, M More by this author

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Publisher:: Oxford University Press
Journal:: Oxford Review of Economic Policy More from this journal
Volume:: 40
Issue:: 3
Pages:: 486-497
Publication date:: 2024-11-22
Acceptance date:: 2024-02-19
DOI:: 10.1093/oxrep/grae026
EISSN:: 1460-2121
ISSN:: 0266-903X

Language:: English
Keywords:: civil rights

race

voting behaviour

enfranchisement
Pubs id:: 1620562
Local pid:: pubs:1620562
Deposit date:: 2024-02-20

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Copyright date:: 2024
Rights statement:: © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Oxford Review of Economic Policy Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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