RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Disparities and Discrimination in Student Discipline by Race and Family Income JF Journal of Human Resources JO J Hum Resour FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 711 OP 748 DO 10.3368/jhr.56.3.0118-9267R2 VO 56 IS 3 A1 Nathan Barrett A1 Andrew McEachin A1 Jonathan N. Mills A1 Jon Valant YR 2021 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/56/3/711.abstract AB Black and poor students are suspended from U.S. schools at higher rates than White and nonpoor students. While the existence of these disparities has been clear, the causes of the disparities have not. We use a novel data set to examine how and where discipline disparities arise. By comparing the punishments given to Black and White (or poor and nonpoor) students who fight one another, we address a selection challenge that has kept prior studies from identifying discrimination in student discipline. We find that Black and poor students are, in fact, punished more harshly than the students with whom they fight.