Does School Desegregation Promote Diverse Interactions? An Equilibrium Model of Segregation within Schools

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mele, Angelo
• 署名单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20170604
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 228-257
• 关键词: social interactions; network-formation; integration

摘要

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.