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Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Harminder Battu (University of Aberdeen)
McDonald Mwale (University of Aberdeen)
Yves Zenou (IUI, GAINS and IZA Bonn)
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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 peer pressures are, nonwhites choose to adopt "oppositional" identities since 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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Article Paper Battu, Harminder & Mwale, McDonald & Zenou, Yves, 2005.
"Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market ,"
Working Paper Series
649, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
[Downloadable!] Battu, Harminder & Mwale, MacDonald & Zenou, Yves, 2005.
"Oppositional Identities and the Labour Market ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
5351, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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