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Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income

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  • Nathan Barrett
  • Andrew McEachin
  • Jonathan N. Mills
  • Jon Valant

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Black and poor students are suspended from U.S. schools at higher rates than White and nonpoor students. While the existence of these disparities has been clear, the causes of the disparities have not. We use a novel data set to examine how and where discipline disparities arise. By comparing the punishments given to Black and White (or poor and nonpoor) students who fight one another, we address a selection challenge that has kept prior studies from identifying discrimination in student discipline. We find that Black and poor students are, in fact, punished more harshly than the students with whom they fight.

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  • Nathan Barrett & Andrew McEachin & Jonathan N. Mills & Jon Valant, 2021. "Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 56(3), pages 711-748.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:jhriss:v:56:y:2021:i:3:p:711-748
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/jhr.56.3.0118-9267R2
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    Cited by:

    1. Zhu, Maria, 2024. "New Findings on Racial Bias in Teachers' Evaluations of Student Achievement," IZA Discussion Papers 16815, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    2. Randi Hjalmarsson & Stephen Machin & Paolo Pinotti, 2024. "Crime and the Labor Market," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2426, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
    3. Randi Hjalmarsson & Stephen Machin & Paolo Pinotti, 2024. "Crime and the labor market," CEP Discussion Papers dp2044, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
    4. Stephen Machin & Matteo Sandi & Steve Machin, 2024. "Crime and Education," CESifo Working Paper Series 11450, CESifo.
    5. Lincove, Jane Arnold & Mata, Catherine & Cortes, Kalena E., 2024. "The Effects of a Statewide Ban on School Suspensions," IZA Discussion Papers 17393, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    6. Gilleskie, Donna B. & Li, Chunxiao, 2022. "The equity of exclusionary school discipline," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
    7. Randi Hjalmarsson & Stephen Machin & Paolo Pinotti, 2024. "Crime and the Labor Market," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2624, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).

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    JEL classification:

    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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