The work "The long run impact of childhood interracial contact on residential segregation" by Max Steinhardt and co-authors ( Merlino, L. and  Wren-Lewis. L) has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Public Economics.

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Abstract:

This paper exploits quasi-random variation in the share of Black students acrosscohorts within US schools to investigate whether childhood interracial contact im-pacts the residential choices of Whites when they are adults. We find that, 20 yearsafter exposure, Whites who had more Black peers of the same gender in their grade goon to live in census tracts with more Black residents. Further investigation suggeststhat this result is unlikely to be driven by economic opportunities or social networks.Instead, the effect on residential choice appears to come from a change in preferencesamong Whites