Replication data for: A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Robert W. Fairlie; Florian Hoffmann; Philip Oreopoulos

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Project Citation:

Fairlie, Robert W., Hoffmann, Florian, and Oreopoulos, Philip. Replication data for: A Community College Instructor Like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2014. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112848V1

Project Description

Summary: Administrative data from a large and diverse community college are used to examine if underrepresented minority students benefit from taking courses with underrepresented minority instructors. To identify racial interactions we estimate models that include both student and classroom fixed effects and focus on students with limited choice in courses. We find that the performance gap in terms of class dropout rates and grade performance between white and underrepresented minority students falls by 20 to 50 percent when taught by an underrepresented minority instructor. We also find these interactions affect longer term outcomes such as subsequent course selection, retention, and degree completion.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I23 Higher Education; Research Institutions
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      J44 Professional Labor Markets; Occupational Licensing

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