Contact Interventions: A Meta-Analysis

Gwen-Jiro Clochard ()
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Gwen-Jiro Clochard: CREST, Ecole Polytechnique

No 2022-14, Working Papers from Center for Research in Economics and Statistics

Abstract: For decades, intergroup contact has been viewed as one of the main tools to reduce prejudice and improve intergroup relations. This paper reviews the experimental literature on the contact hypothesis. Based on an analysis of 62 measures from 37 papers, the conclusions are threefold. First, contact interventions are, on average, effective at reducing prejudice. Second, there exists a very large heterogeneity in the type of interventions labelled as contact. Third, characteristics of the experimental context, rather than the intervention itself, seem to matter for the efficacy of contact. Implications for the future of the contact literature are discussed.

Keywords: contact hypothesis; meta-analysis; prejudice reduction; field experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C12 C83 C93 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2022-07-12
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