Does School Desegregation Promote Diverse Interactions? An Equilibrium Model of Segregation within Schools
| Autor: | Angelo Mele |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Desegregation
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Homophily Heterophily Race (biology) Friendship 0502 economics and business Demographic economics Sociology 050207 economics Centrality General Economics Econometrics and Finance Welfare 050205 econometrics media_common Diversity (politics) |
| Zdroj: | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. 12:228-257 |
| ISSN: | 1945-774X 1945-7731 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/pol.20170604 |
| Popis: | This paper studies racial segregation in schools using data on student friendships from Add Health. I estimate an equilibrium model of friendship formation, with preferences allowing both homophily and heterophily in direct and indirect ties. I find that homophily goes beyond direct links: students also prefer racially homogeneous indirect friends, while there is heterophily in income. I simulate policies reallocating students across schools. Race-based policies have nonlinear effects on within-school segregation and other network features such as clustering and centrality. Policies increasing diversity through reallocations based on income have less impact on racial segregation. (JEL H75, I21, I28, J15) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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