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Inter-Ethnic Friendship and Hostility between Roma and Non-Roma Students in Hungary - The Role of Exposure and Academic Achievement

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  • Tamas Hajdu

    (Institute of Economics, Center for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Gabor Kertesi

    (Institute of Economics, Center for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

  • Gabor Kezdi

    (Survey Research Center, University of Michigan and senior research fellow Institute of Economics, Center for Economic and Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

This study examines friendship and hostility relations between Roma students and the ethnically homogeneous non-Roma majority in Hungarian schools. Using data on friendship and hostility relations of 15-year-old students from 82 schools the study focuses on the interaction between exposure to the other ethnic group and academic achievement of Roma students. High-achieving Roma students are shown to have significantly more friends and fewer adversaries than low-achieving ones, due to better inter-ethnic relations while having similar within-ethnic group relations. As a result, higher exposure to Roma students translates to more friendship and less hostility from non-Roma students in environments where more of the Roma students have higher achievement. Therefore, policies helping the achievement of Roma students can have immediate as well as long-term positive effects. Simulations suggest that a mixed policy of desegregation and closing the achievement gap may best foster positive interethnic relations. The results also support that exposure is more likely to improve intergroup contact if status is more equal.

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  • Tamas Hajdu & Gabor Kertesi & Gabor Kezdi, 2017. "Inter-Ethnic Friendship and Hostility between Roma and Non-Roma Students in Hungary - The Role of Exposure and Academic Achievement," Budapest Working Papers on the Labour Market 1710, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
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    1. Horn, Dániel & Lindner, Attila, 2022. "Kézdi Gábor (1971-2021) [Gábor Kézdi (1971-2021)]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(11), pages 1245-1254.
    2. Tamás Keller, 2020. "Differences in Roma and non-Roma students’ ratings of their peers’ popularity: an inquiry into the oppositional culture in Hungarian schools with the use of a survey experiment," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 54(4), pages 1233-1255, August.

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

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