The Effects of Attending a Diverse College

Autor/in	Hinrichs, Peter
Titel	The Effects of Attending a Diverse College
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 30 (2011) 2, S.332-341 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.11.003
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Student Diversity; Educational Environment; Racial Composition; Salaries; Citizenship Responsibility; Satisfaction; College Students; Correlation; Computation; Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Entlohnung; Gehalt; Zufriedenheit; Collegestudent; Korrelation; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule
Abstract	The question of whether there are benefits to be obtained from having a diverse student body is a key issue in the debate over affirmative action. This paper estimates the effects of college racial diversity on post-college earnings, civic behavior, and satisfaction with the college attended. I use the Beginning Postsecondary Students survey, which allows me to control for exposure to racial diversity prior to college. Moreover, I use two techniques from Altonji, Elder, and Taber (2005) to address the issue of selection on unobservables. The first is a sensitivity analysis showing how the coefficient on diversity changes when different values of the correlation are imposed in a system of equations that consists of a selection equation and an outcome equation. The second is estimation based upon an assumption that selection on unobservables equals selection on observables, which, along with the OLS results, gives estimates of bounds on the effect. Single-equation estimates suggest a possible positive effect of diversity on satisfaction with the racial climate at the college attended and a negative effect on community service, but I do not find an effect on other outcomes. Moreover, the estimates are very sensitive to the assumptions made about selection on unobservables. (Contains 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10