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Title: MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS? SCHOOL PEERS AND ADULT INTERRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS
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Publication Year: 2017
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Abstract: We investigate whether interracial contact in childhood impacts adult ro- mantic relationships. In particular, we estimate the impact of quasi-random variation in the share of black students across cohorts within schools on the probability that a white student goes on to have a black partner. We find that more black peers of the same gender lead whites to have more relationships with blacks later in life. These effects cannot be explained by an increase in meeting opportunities since they are persistent across time, space and so- cial networks. Our findings therefore strongly suggest that interracial contact permanently improves attitudes towards blacks in a way that has important economic consequences.
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Authors: Merlino, Luca, P; Steinhardt, Max, F; Wren-Lewis, Liam
Publisher: Universite ́ Paris
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender
Countries: United States