Racial Inequality in War

• In Event: Recent Work on Transitional Justice

Brief Overview

Leveraging new data on over 40000 Army infantry fatalities in WWI, we show that White units incurred four times as many fatalities in frontline combat. However, Black units died at higher rates from non-combat causes, including disease and accidents.

Authors

• Connor Huff, Rice University

• Eric Min, University of California-Los Angeles

• Robert Schub, Rutgers University