Although rates of interracial marriage are on the rise, we still know relatively little about the experiences of mixed-race … adolescents. In this paper, we examine the identity and behavior of mixed-race (black and white) youth. We find that mixed-race … characterized as "white". When we combine both types of behavior, average mixed-race behavior is a combination that is neither white …

Economic and social theorists have modeled race and ethnicity as a form of personal identity produced in recognition of … race and ethnicity is potentially endogenous because racial and ethnic identities are fluid. We look at the free African … race individuals then choose whether or not to adopt that mulatto identity. Adopting a mulatto identity generates pecuniary …