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This paper exploits quasi-random variation in the share of Black students across cohorts within US schools to investigate whether interracial contact in childhood impacts the residential choices of Whites in adulthood. We find that, 20 years after exposure, Whites who had more Black peers of the...
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The selective inflow and outflow of residents by ethnicity is the main mechanism behind ethnic residential segregation. Many studies have found that ethnic minorities are more likely than others to move to ethnic minority concentration neighbourhoods. An important question which remains largely...
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This essay discusses the multi-dimensional identities of the Hispanic population in the United States as represented in current surveys. It reviews some of the critical barriers in data collection methods that limit research studies on this population. Solutions are suggested that would improve...
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How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new outgroup change the ingroup's perceptions of other outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of other minorities as in- or...
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similar to that found using 2003 data on individual immigrants. Controls for extensive labor market characteristics and race …
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We investigate the relative significance of differences in cognitive skills and discrimination in explaining racial/ethnic wage gaps. We show that cognitive test scores taken prior to entering the labor market are influenced by schooling. Adjusting the scores for racial/ethnic differences in...
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possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter … ; race ; ethnicity ; birth place ; black ; welfare ; immigrant status …
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the umpire and pitcher match race/ethnicity. This effect only exists where there is little scrutiny of umpires' behavior … cannot determine the outcome of the at-bat. If a pitcher shares the home-plate umpire's race/ethnicity, he gives up fewer …
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differences by race/ ethnicity have not been examined. We use data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth to examine … differences by race/ethnicity in the shape of the curve relating women's age at entry into first marriage to marital instability … other - can lead to misleading conclusions. Our findings underscore the desirability of conducting separate analyses by race …
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and significant portion of all five race-gender income gaps with White men. …
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