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- Title
Interaction, Stereotypes, and Performance: Evidence from South Africa.
- Authors
Corno, Lucia; La Ferrara, Eliana; Burns, Justine
- Abstract
We exploit a policy designed to randomly allocate roommates in a large South African university to investigate whether interracial interaction affects stereotypes, attitudes and performance. Using implicit association tests, we find that living with a roommate of a different race reduces White students' negative stereotypes towards Black students and increases interracial friendships. Interaction also affects academic outcomes: Black students improve their GPA, pass more exams and have lower dropout rates. This effect is not driven by roommate's ability. (JEL D91, I23, J15, O12)
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; BLACK students; STEREOTYPES; RACE; ROOMMATES
- Publication
American Economic Review, 2022, Vol 112, Issue 12, p3848
- ISSN
0002-8282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1257/aer.20181805