| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w20940 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 20940 |
| The Impact of Intergroup Contact on Racial Attitudes and Revealed Preferences | |
| Scott E. Carrell; Mark Hoekstra; James E. West | |
| 发表日期 | 2015-02-09 |
| 出版年 | 2015 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Understanding whether racial attitudes are malleable is critical for addressing the underlying causes of racial discrimination. We examine whether white males' stated attitudes and behavior toward African Americans change based on the number and type of black peers to whom they are exposed. To overcome selection bias, we exploit data from the U.S. Air Force Academy in which students are randomly assigned to peer groups. Results show significant evidence in favor of the contact hypothesis. White males are significantly affected by both the number (quantity) and aptitude (quality) of the black peers with whom they are exposed. Specifically, white men randomly assigned to higher-aptitude black peers report being more accepting of blacks in general and are more likely to match with a black roommate the following year after reassignment to a new peer group with a different set of black peers. We also find that, ceteris paribus, exposure to more black peers significantly increases the probability of a bi-racial roommate match. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare ; Education ; Labor Economics ; Demography and Aging |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w20940 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
| 引用统计 | |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/578614 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Scott E. Carrell,Mark Hoekstra,James E. West. The Impact of Intergroup Contact on Racial Attitudes and Revealed Preferences. 2015. |
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