Empathy or Antipathy? [electronic resource] : The Consequences of Racially and Socially Diverse Peers on Attitudes and Behaviors / Greg J. Duncan, Johanne Boisjoly and Dan M. Levy.

This paper estimates peer effects by taking advantage of random assignment of first-year roommates through a housing lottery at a large state university. Preliminary results show that, when compared with white students who have white roommates, white students with black roommates express much more p...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Duncan, Greg J.
Corporate Author:	Joint Center for Poverty Research
Other Authors:	Boisjoly, Johanne, Levy, Dan M., Kremer, Michael, 1964-, Eccles, Jacque
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2003.
Subjects:	Affirmative Action. Black Students. College Students. Higher Education. Interpersonal Relationship. Minority Groups. Peer Influence. Student Attitudes. White Students.