An Economic Analysis of “Acting White”

By David Austen-Smith, Roland G. Fryer. 2005

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Subfields: Demography, Management Science and Operations Research, Safety Research

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Testing for Racial Differences in the Mental Ability of Young Children (2013, unknown): “…Adding to this the possible role of difficult to measure factors such as racial discrimination or behavioral differences discouraging achievement (e.g. Austen-Smith and Fryer, 2005), makes a 1.5 standard deviation difference in environment between Blacks and Whites quite conceivable.”
Do Professionals Choke Under Pressure? (2005, background): “…small literature that addresses the role of social influences on behavior (see, e.g., Akerlof, 1980, 1997; Bernheim, 1994; Becker and Murphy, 2000; Austen-Smith and Fryer, 2005) economists largely ignore that the task environment, especially the social context, can affect psychological conditions…”
Identity, morals, and taboos: beliefs as assets. (2011, background): “Austen-Smith and Fryer [2005] o¤er a model of acting Whitein which some minority students forsake educational investment in order to signal loyalty to their peers.”
Racial Identity and Education (2006, unknown): “To find appropriate instruments to identify the preferences equations expressed by (5) is a difficult task.”
The Influence of Social Forces: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees (2008, background): “…rewards mitigate moral hazard problems in the context of unemployment insurance as the desire for social respect induces higher search effort; Austen-Smith and Fryer (2005) formulate a theory of peer effects; and Prendergast and Topel (1996) show theoretically how social influences can…”
Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped? NBER Working Paper No. 11090. (2005, unknown): “Austen-Smith and Fryer (2005) develop an explicit model of human capital investment in a setting where this type of social sanction is possible.”
Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets (2007, unknown): “The signaling aspect also relates our model to those dealing with social reputation, particularly Bernheim (1994), Austen-Smith and Fryer (2005), Bénabou and Tirole (2006b) and Smith (2006).”
Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects (2005, unknown): “For males, a twoaudience signaling process (Austen-Smith and Fryer 2005) could encourage them to avoid peer sanction through participation in deviant group activities rather than engage in more pro-social behaviors that are ultimately valued by employers-- a process which could be more important whe”
Expressive behavior in economics and politics (2010, background): “When cj indicates race, schooling can result in utility loss through compromise of personal identity (see also Austen-Smith and Fryer, 2006, on “acting white”).”
Formation and persistence of oppositional identities (2011, background): “We finally show that ethnic identity and socialization effort can be more intense in mixed rather than segregated neighborhoods.”
Nudging in education (2018, background): “People like having a sense of social belonging, and one means of achieving that is by using one's actions to reveal information to others (Austen-Smith & Fryer, 2005).”