Do more diverse environments increase the diversity of subsequent interaction? Evidence from random dorm assignment

被引：13

作者：

Baker, Sara ^{[2
]}

Mayer, Adalbert ^{[1
]}

Puller, Steven L. ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Washington Coll, Dept Econ, Chestertown, MD 21620 USA

[2] Univ Nebraska, Coll Law, Lincoln, NE 68583 USA

[3] Texas A&M Univ, Dept Econ, College Stn, TX 77843 USA

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2011年 / 110卷 / 02期

关键词：

Social networks; Education policy; Facebook; Diversity; Random assignment;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2010.09.010

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Exposing university students to members of a different race via random dorm assignment increases the number of different race friends in the dorm, but does not increase the diversity of social networks outside that environment, based upon data from Facebook. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：110 / 112

页数：3

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