Identidad social y estereotipos por color de piel: aspiraciones y desempeño en jóvenes mexicanos

Raymundo Campos-Vazquez and Eduardo M. Medina Cortina ()
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Eduardo M. Medina Cortina: El Colegio de México

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Abstract: This article analyzes the effect of skin color stereotypes on the performance and aspirations of young Mexicans. We conducted a field experiment with 1,092 students in middle schools in Mexico City. Each student solved a test to measure cognitive abilities and a questionnaire about future aspirations. The experimental design consisted of randomly revealing information before performing the test. The control group did not receive any information. Treatment 1 received twelve images of public characters with light or white skin color prior taking the test, treatment 2 received a color palette to self-assess skin color and treatment 3 received both the mosaic of images and the palette of colors. The results reveal that the group that received both the images and the color palette presented a lower level of aspirations towards the future (0.26 standard deviations) than the control group. These effects come from women suggesting they are more sensitive to the negative effect of stereotypes.

Keywords: stereotype; school performance; aspirations; teenagers; gender; Mexico. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 D03 I21 J16 O54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-07
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Journal Article: Identidad social y estereotipos por color de piel. Aspiraciones y desempeño en jóvenes mexicanos (2018)
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