Racial Peer Effects at Work

• Tác giả: Katharina Fietz
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 155.82 Ethnic differences
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 246476
• Chủ đề: 1. GENDER; 2. LABOR FORCE; 3. LABOR MOBILITY; 4. LABOR SUPPLY; 5. NON-LABOR DISCRIMINATION

Tóm tắt

This paper studies the impact of working with same-race coworkers on individuals' retention at firms. Using administrative employer-employee data from Brazil, the paper exploits unexpected deaths of workers from different racial groups as exogenous shocks to peer group composition. The findings show that a decrease in the non-white share of coworkers reduces the retention of non-white workers but does not affect the retention of white workers. The effects are driven by non-whites quitting and moving to new jobs with more peers of the same race than in their old jobs. The findings highlight how peer dynamics can contribute to racial segregation across workplaces.