More than just friends? School peers and adult interracial relationships
Luca Paolo Merlino
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Liam Wren-Lewis
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Résumé
This paper investigates whether interracial contact in childhood impacts adult romantic relationships. We exploit quasi-random variation in the share of black students across cohorts within US schools. We find that more black peers of the same gender lead whites to have more relationships with blacks as adults. While we do not find impacts on labor market outcomes, there are significant effects on reported racial attitudes. Furthermore, an increase in meeting opportunities is unlikely to explain the increased interracial relationships, since the effect is persistent across time, space, and social networks. Overall, interracial contact during childhood has important long-term behavioral consequences.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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This paper investigates whether interracial contact in childhood impacts adult romantic relationships. We exploit quasi-random variation in the share of black students across cohorts within US schools. We find that more black peers of the same gender lead whites to have more relationships with blacks as adults. While we do not find impacts on labor market outcomes, there are significant effects on reported racial attitudes. Furthermore, an increase in meeting opportunities is unlikely to explain the increased interracial relationships, since the effect is persistent across time, space, and social networks. Overall, interracial contact during childhood has important long-term behavioral consequences.
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Titre |
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More than just friends? School peers and adult interracial relationships
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Auteur(s) |
Luca Paolo Merlino
1, 2
, Max Friedrich Steinhardt
3
, Liam Wren-Lewis
4, 5
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UA -
University of Antwerp
( 302250 )
- Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen
- Belgique
2
UP1 -
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
( 7550 )
- 12 place du Panthéon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05
- France
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Helmut Schmidt University, University of the Armed Forces Hamburg
( 489429 )
- Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg
- Allemagne
4
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 1171428 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
5
PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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Volume |
37
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Page/Identifiant |
663-713
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Numéro |
3
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Sous-type de document pour les Articles |
Research article
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Date de publication |
2019-07
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Domaine(s) |
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DOI | 10.1086/702626 |
ProdINRA | 485376 |
UT key WOS | 000471691100002 |
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