Oppositional identities and the labor market

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作者：
Harminder Battu
McDonald Mwale
Yves Zenou
机构：
[1] University of Aberdeen,Department of Economics
[2] University of Aberdeen,Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), Medical School
[3] Research Institute of Industrial Economics,undefined
来源：
Journal of Population Economics | 2007年 / 20卷
关键词：
Ethnic minorities; Identity; Social networks; White’s norm; Multiple equilibria; A14; J15;
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摘要：
We develop a model in which nonwhite individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends, and neighbors) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion or language), and in which jobs are mainly found through social networks. We find that depending on how strong peer pressures are, nonwhites choose to adopt “oppositional” identities because some individuals may identify with the dominant culture and others may reject that culture, even if it implies adverse labor market outcomes.
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页码：643 / 667
页数：24
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