), material or other explicit incentives (laws) and social sanctions or rewards (norms). It first examines how honor, stigma and …

We investigate the empirical relationship between ethnicity and culture, defined as a vector of traits reflecting norms …, attitudes and preferences. Using surveys of individual values in 76 countries, we find that ethnic identity is a significant … predictor of cultural values, yet that within-group variation in culture trumps between-group variation. Thus, in contrast to a …

in which taboos are part of the definition of one's identity. Deliberating over breaking the taboo adds the action to the … individual’s choice set and provides information on possible private benefits but is costly because it contradicts one's identity … varying strengths of taboos. Having such a choice defines an evolutionary process with respect to identity: Some identities …

, neighbours) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion, language), and in which jobs are mainly found through …” identities since some individuals may identify with the dominant culture and others may reject that culture, even if it implies …

the same type of agents might be weak even if the within-type link cost is very low; (ii) oppositional identity patterns …

We first develop a model of identity formation resulting from the interaction of cultural transmission and … socialization inside the family, peer effects and social interactions, and identity choice. We then put the model to data using the … UK Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities. We show that the main determinants of ethnic identity include past racial …

We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct … cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by neighborhood integration, which weakens group loyalties and prejudices. On … identity processes. We find evidence consistent with intense ethnic and religious identity mostly formed as a cultural …

levels of trust, a stronger sense of ethnic identity and a weaker sense of national identity. …