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Article
Exploring the Racial Divide in Education and the Labor Market through Evidence from Interracial Families
Journal of Human Capital
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2015
Disciplines
Abstract
We examine gaps between minorities and whites in education and labor market outcomes, controlling for many covariates including maternal race. Identification comes from different reported races within the family. Estimates show two distinct patterns. First, there are no significant differences in outcomes between black and white males with white mothers. Second, large differences persist between these groups and black males with black mothers. The patterns are insensitive to alternative measures of own race and school fixed effects. Our results suggest that discrimination is not occurring on the basis of child skin color but through mother-child channels such as dialect or parenting practices.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1086/681957
Citation Information
Peter Arcidiacono, Andrew Beauchamp, Marie Hull and Seth Sanders. "Exploring the Racial Divide in Education and the Labor Market through Evidence from Interracial Families" Journal of Human Capital Vol. 9 Iss. 2 (2015) p. 198 - 238 ISSN: 1932-8575 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew_beauchamp/1/
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