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Like oil and water or chocolate and peanut butter? Ethnic diversity and social participation of young people in England

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Elena Fumagalli () (School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia)
laura Fumagalli () (Institute for social and economic research, University of Essex)

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The paper studies the impact of ethnic diversity on social participation of young people. We first propose a theoretical model in which the agents choose between structured and unstructured social activities by taking into account the ethnic composition of the groups they join. We test our predictions using English census data together with the “Longitudinal Survey of Young People in England” (LSYPE) and we find that ethnic segregation increases the probability of hanging around near home, while ethnic fractionalization decreases it. Furthermore, more structured activities are not affected by ethnic fractionalization. Finally, we use an IV strategy based on both historical and geographical data to correct for endogenous sorting into neighborhoods. The results we get are even stronger than those obtained where the ethnic composition of the neighborhood is taken as exogenous.

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Paper provided by University of Venice "Ca' Foscari", Department of Economics in its series Working Papers with number 2009_21.

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Keywords: Social participation; Fractionalization; Segregation;

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C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models
D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination

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