The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality?
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Jason Baron, E; Goldstein, EG; Ryan, J
Published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
March 1, 2023
We conduct the first quantitative analysis of “blind removals,” an increasingly popular reform that seeks to reduce the over-representation of Black children in foster care by eliminating biases in the removal decisions of investigators. We first show that over-representation in most foster care systems is driven by Black children being substantially more likely than White children to be investigated for maltreatment to begin with. Conditional on initial rates of investigation, investigators remove White and Black children similarly. Second, we find no evidence that blind removals impacted the already small racial disparities in the removal decision, but they substantially increased time to removal.
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Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
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1520-6688
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0276-8739
Publication Date
March 1, 2023
Volume
42
Issue
2
Start / End Page
456 / 487
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 4407 Policy and administration
- 3801 Applied economics
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- 1606 Political Science
- 1605 Policy and Administration
- 1402 Applied Economics
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Jason Baron, E., Goldstein, E. G., & Ryan, J. (2023). The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 42(2), 456–487. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22461
Jason Baron, E., E. G. Goldstein, and J. Ryan. “The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 42, no. 2 (March 1, 2023): 456–87. https://doi.org/10.1002/pam.22461.
Jason Baron E, Goldstein EG, Ryan J. The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2023 Mar 1;42(2):456–87.
Jason Baron, E., et al. “The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality?” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, vol. 42, no. 2, Mar. 2023, pp. 456–87. Scopus, doi:10.1002/pam.22461.
Jason Baron E, Goldstein EG, Ryan J. The Push for Racial Equity in Child Welfare: Can Blind Removals Reduce Disproportionality? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 2023 Mar 1;42(2):456–487.
Published In
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
DOI
EISSN
1520-6688
ISSN
0276-8739
Publication Date
March 1, 2023
Volume
42
Issue
2
Start / End Page
456 / 487
Related Subject Headings
- Economics
- 4407 Policy and administration
- 3801 Applied economics
- 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
- 1606 Political Science
- 1605 Policy and Administration
- 1402 Applied Economics