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Identity and Racial Harassment

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Antecol, Heather (Claremont McKenna College)
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. () (SPEAR, RSSS, Australian National University and IZA Bonn)

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Abstract

In a 1996 survey of U.S. military personnel, more than 65 percent experienced racially offensive behavior, and approximately one-in-ten reported threatening incidents or careerrelated racial discrimination. Perceived racial harassment is driven by social classifications that extend beyond racial group membership. While race clearly matters, there is also diversity in the harassment experiences of individuals of the same race with diverging organizational, cultural or social experiences. Social prescriptions constraining inter-racial interactions are associated with higher rates of offensive racial encounters and more careerrelated discrimination, while aspects of an installation’s institutional culture also directly affect harassment. Together, these results lend support for a model of racial harassment that encompasses both institutional factors and a multifaceted notion of racial identity.

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Keywords: harassment; identity; U.S. military;

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J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General
J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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  1. Boschini, Anne & Muren, Astri & Persson, Mats, 2009. "Constructing Gender in the Economics Lab," Research Papers in Economics 2009:15, Stockholm University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Heather Antecol & Deborah Cobb-Clark, 2005. "Racial Harassment, Job Satisfaction and Intentions to Remain in the Military," IZA Discussion Papers 1636, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  4. Kata Mihaly, 2009. "Do More Friends Mean Better Grades?: Student Popularity and Academic Achievement," Working Papers 678, RAND Corporation Publications Department. [Downloadable!]
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