| 来源类型 | Working Paper
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| 规范类型 | 报告
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| DOI | 10.3386/w22480
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| 来源ID | Working Paper 22480
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| The Effects of School Desegregation on Mixed-Race Births |
| Nora Gordon; Sarah Reber
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| 发表日期 | 2016-08-22
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| 出版年 | 2016
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | We find a strong positive correlation between black exposure to whites in their school district and the prevalence of later mixed-race (black-white) births, consistent with the literature on residential segregation and endogamy. However, that relationship is significantly attenuated by the addition of a few control variables, suggesting that individuals with higher propensities to have mixed-race births are more likely to live in desegregated school districts. We exploit quasi-random variation to estimate causal effects of school desegregation on mixed-race childbearing, finding small to moderate statistically insignificant effects. Because the upward trend across cohorts in mixed-race childbearing was substantial, separating the effects of desegregation plans from secular cohort trends is difficult; results are sensitive to how we specify the cohort trends and to the inclusion of Chicago/Cook County in the sample. Taken together, the analyses suggest that while lower levels of school segregation are associated with higher rates of mixed-race childbearing, a substantial portion of that relationship is likely due to who chooses to live in places with desegregated schools. This suggests that researchers should be cautious about interpreting the relationship between segregation—whether residential or school—and other outcomes as causal. |
| 主题 | Health, Education, and Welfare
; Education
; Labor Economics
; Demography and Aging
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| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w22480
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| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/580185
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