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Abstract:
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Recent research suggests that school desegregation lowers the black dropout rate by two to three percentage points. To explore the possibility that school desegregation might also affect other secondary social outcomes such as criminal behavior, this study estimates the effect of the implementation of a school desegregation plan on black and white youth homicide victimization rates. The results suggest that, subsequent to implementation, there is a gradual, statistically significant decline in white youth homicides and a qualitatively similar but statistically insignificant decline in black youth homicides. |