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Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?

We develop a model in which non-white individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends, neighbors) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion, language), and in which jobs are mainly found through social networks. We find that, depending on how strong they are linked to their culture of origin, non-whites choose to adopt oppositional identities since some individuals may identify with the dominant culture (status seekers) and others may reject that culture (conformists), even if it implies adverse labor market outcomes. We then test this model using a unique data set that contains extensive information on various issues surrounding ethnic identity and preferences in Britain. We find that the social environment of individuals has a strong influence on their identity choice. We also find that those non-whites who have preferences that accord with being a conformist do experience an employment penalty.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IUI Working Paper ; No. 603

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Thema
Ethnic Minorities
Identity
Social Networks
White's Norm
Ethnische Gruppe
Arbeitsuche
Arbeitsnachfrage
Kulturelle Identität
Theorie
Großbritannien
Soziales Netzwerk
Soziale Norm

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Battu, Harminder
Mwale, McDonald
Zenou, Yves
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI)
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2003

Handle
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20.09.2024, 08:20 MESZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Battu, Harminder
  • Mwale, McDonald
  • Zenou, Yves
  • The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IUI)

Entstanden

  • 2003

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