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Title: The Plight of Mixed Race Adolescents

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: Over the past 40 years, the fraction of mixed race black-white births has increased nearly nine-fold. There is very little empirical evidence on how these children fare relative to their single-race counterparts. This paper describes basic facts about the behaviors and outcomes of black-white mixed race individuals. As one might expect, on a host of background and achievement characteristics as well as adult outcomes, mixed race individuals fall in between whites and blacks. When it comes to engaging in risky and antisocial adolescent behavior, however, mixed race adolescents are stark outliers compared to both blacks and whites. We argue that these behavioral patterns are most consistent with a two-sector Roy model, in which mixed race adolescents-not having a predetermined peer group-engage in more risky behaviors to be accepted.

Url: http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/23099/

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Authors: Fryer, Roland G Jr.; Kahn, Lisa; Levitt, Steven D; Spenkuch, Jorg L

Publisher: Munich Personal RePEc Archive

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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