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

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 110
Issue: 2
Pages: 110-112

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

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.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:110:y:2011:i:2:p:110-112
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-25