世界银行-工作中的种族同伴效应：来自巴西工人死亡的证据（英）

Policy Research Working Paper10899Racial Peer Effects at Work Evidence from Worker Deaths in BrazilKatharina FietzAiko SchmeißerSocial Protection and Jobs Global PracticeSeptember 2024 Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedProduced by the Research Support TeamAbstractThe Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.Policy Research Working Paper 10899This paper studies the impact of working with same-race coworkers on individuals’ retention at firms. Using admin-istrative employer-employee data from Brazil, the paper exploits unexpected deaths of workers from different racial groups as exogenous shocks to peer group composition. The findings show that a decrease in the non-white share of coworkers reduces the retention of non-white workers but does not affect the retention of white workers. The effects are driven by non-whites quitting and moving to new jobs with more peers of the same race than in their old jobs. The findings highlight how peer dynamics can contribute to racial segregation across workplaces.This paper is a product of the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http://www.worldbank.org/prwp. The authors may be contacted at kfietz@worldbank.org and aiko.fiete.schmeisser@uni-potsdam.de. Racial Peer Effects at Work:Evidence from Worker Deaths in Brazil ∗Katharina Fietz †Aiko Schmeißer ‡JEL Classification: J15, J21, J63∗We thank Marco Caliendo, Javier Feinmann, Katrin Huber, Simon J¨ager, Jann Lay, Elizabeth Linos,Shushanik Margaryan, Suanna Oh, Amanda Pallais, Josefina Posadas, Nina Roussille, Pedro C. Sant’Anna, SulinSardoschau, Liam Wren-Lewis, and participants of the Development Economics Network Berlin (DENeB) Work-shop, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS) Doctoral Conference, Berlin Network of Labor Market Research(BeNA) 20 Year Jubilee Conference, Doctorissimes PhD Conference, European Development Research Network(EUDN) PhD Workshop, Research Institute for Development, Growth and Economics (RIDGE) Workshop onPublic Economics, German Development Economics (GDE) Conference, Warwick Economics PhD Conferenc