This paper studies the impact of working with same-race coworkers on individuals’ retention at firms. Using administrative 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...
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2024/09/05
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS10899
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1
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2024/09/05
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Disclosed
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Racial Peer Effects at Work : Evidence from Worker Deaths in Brazil