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 0118-9267R2 DO 10.3368/jhr.56.3.0118-9267R2 A1 Barrett, Nathan A1 McEachin, Andrew A1 Mills, Jonathan N. A1 Valant, Jon YR 2019 UL http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/2019/09/10/jhr.56.3.0118-9267R2.abstract AB Black and poor students are suspended from U.S. schools at higher rates than white and non-poor students. While the existence of these disparities has been clear, the causes of the disparities have not. We use a novel dataset to examine how and where discipline disparities arise. By comparing the punishments given to black and white (or poor and non-poor) 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.