The Impact of College Diversity on Behavior toward Minorities

被引：39

作者：

Carrell, Scott E. ^{[1
,2
]}

Hoekstra, Mark ^{[2
,3
]}

West, James E. ^{[2
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Econ, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[2] NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

[3] Texas A&M, Dept Econ, 4228 TAMU, College Stn, TX 77842 USA

[4] Baylor Univ, Dept Econ, One Bear Pl 98003, Waco, TX 76798 USA

来源：

AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY | 2019年 / 11卷 / 04期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

CONTACT;

D O I：

10.1257/pol.20170069

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper estimates the impact of racially diverse peers on white males' subsequent behavior toward minorities. To overcome selection bias, we exploit data from the US Air Force Academy where students are randomly assigned to autonomous peer groups. A randomly assigned increase in freshman black peer ability causes white men to more frequently choose a black roommate in their sophomore year, after reassignment to a new peer group with a different set of black peers. We also find increased exposure to black students from the middle and top of the high school performance distribution, but not the bottom, increases future interactions.

引用

页码：159 / 182

页数：24