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The Impact of Market Factors on Racial Identity: Evidence from Multiracial Survey Respondents

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This paper examines the reported race of multiracial persons in the US Current Population Survey (CPS) before 2003, when limited response options exogenously constrained respondents to identify as a single race. Using this survey attribute and the 16-month longitudinal design of the basic monthly CPS, I explore whether market factors help causally determine racial identity. I find that pre-2003 race responds to state-level (1) racial composition, due largely to household composition, and (2) unemployment rates and wages by race. Although these findings suggest potential endogeneity of race, estimation of how race affects individual-level labor market outcomes indicates minimal bias.

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  • Osborne Jackson, 2024. "The Impact of Market Factors on Racial Identity: Evidence from Multiracial Survey Respondents," Working Papers 24-13, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedbwp:99066
    DOI: 10.29412/res.wp.2024.13
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    Keywords

    racial identity; multiracial; biases; Current Population Survey (CPS);
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
    • C18 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Methodolical Issues: General

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