THE PLIGHT OF MIXED-RACE ADOLESCENTS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fryer, Roland G., Jr.; Kahn, Lisa; Levitt, Steven D.; Spenkuch, Jorg L.
• 署名单位: Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00252
• 发表日期: 2012-08
• 页码: 621-634
• 关键词: UNITED-STATES; racial identification; CHILDREN; education; MODEL

摘要

Since 1970, the fraction of mixed-race black-white births has increased nearly ninefold. This paper describes basic facts about the behaviors and outcomes of black-white mixed-race individuals. Unsurprisingly, on a host of background and achievement characteristics, as well as adult outcomes, mixed-race individuals fall in between whites and blacks. When it comes to engaging in risky and antisocial adolescent behavior, however, mixed-race adolescents are stark outliers compared to both blacks and whites. We argue that these behavioral patterns are most consistent with a two-sector Roy model, in which mixed-race adolescents, not having a predetermined peer group, engage in more risky behaviors in order to be accepted.