Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265759 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15538
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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 same gender in their grade go on to live in census tracts with more Black residents. Further investigation suggests that this result is unlikely to be driven by economic opportunities or social networks. Instead, the effect on residential choice appears to come from a change in preferences among Whites.
Subjects: 
residential segregation
social contact
race
JEL: 
I29
J15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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