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Interaction, stereotypes and performance. Evidence from South Africa

Justine Burns, Lucia Corno

Mar 11, 2026 | 42 citations

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In this paper, we exploit a policy designed to randomly allocate roommates in a large South African university to investigate whether inter-racial interaction affects stereotypes, attitudes and performance.

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Justine Burns

first | ORCID 0000-0001-9957-7210

Lucia Corno

last | ORCID 0000-0003-1529-4817

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@article{Burns2026Interaction,
  title = {Interaction, stereotypes and performance. Evidence from South Africa},
  author = {Justine Burns and Lucia Corno},
  year = {2026},
  doi = {10.1920/wp.ifs.2019.0319},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1920/wp.ifs.2019.0319}
}

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