TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Merlino, Luca Paolo
AU  - Steinhardt, Max F.
AU  - Wren-Lewis, Liam
        TI  - More than Just Friends? School Peers and Adult Interracial Relationships
        PY  - 2016/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10319
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10319
        AB  - This paper investigates the impact of individuals' school peers on their adult romantic relationships. In particular, we consider the effect of quasi-random variation in the share of black students within an individual's cohort on the percentage of adults' cohabiting partners that are black. We find that more black peers leads to more relationships with blacks later in life. The results are similar whether relationships begun near or far from school, suggesting that the racial mix of schools has an important and persistent impact on racial attitudes.
        KW  - assortative matching
KW  - romantic relationships
KW  - race
        ER  -