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The Review of Black Political Economy

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30.08.2016

For Economic Advantage or Something Else? A Case for Racial Identification Switching

verfasst von: Salvador Contreras

Erschienen in: The Review of Black Political Economy | Ausgabe 3-4/2016

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Abstract

The identity choices people take on serve as a filter for viewing the world. It is believed that race identity formation is in part a response to economic and social incentives. Using NELS 1988 dataset we evaluate at the individual level factors that affect changes in self-reported racial identity. We find that being multiracial, living in a non-affirmative action ban state, and relative income/education measures within race groups have an effect on racial identity switching. We find strong evidence that the social-political environments surrounding an affirmative action ban alters the likelihood that an individual will change race. Our results suggest that social factors when present dominate economic incentives to take on a different racial identity.

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Titel: For Economic Advantage or Something Else? A Case for Racial Identification Switching
verfasst von: Salvador Contreras
Publikationsdatum: 30.08.2016
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: The Review of Black Political Economy / Ausgabe 3-4/2016
Print ISSN: 0034-6446
Elektronische ISSN: 1936-4814
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12114-016-9238-5

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