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Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207065
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Oppositional Identities and the Labour Market
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, MacDonald; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We develop a model in which non-white individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends, neighbours) 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792206
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Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, MacDonald; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
unique data-set that contains extensive information on various issues surrounding ethnic identity and preferences in Britain … oppositional identity? Second, what are the consequences for employment and is there an employment penalty for those who possess an … oppositional identity? We find that indeed the social environment of individuals has a strong influence on their identity choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661507
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Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822772
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Ethnic Identity and Social Distance in Friendship Formation
De Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
the same type of agents might be weak even if the within-type link cost is very low; (ii) oppositional identity patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491722
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Do Oppositional Identities Reduce Employment for Ethnic Minorities?
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
unique data set that contains extensive information on various issues surrounding ethnic identity and preferences in Britain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763701
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Neighborhood and Network Effects
Topa, Giorgio; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
In this chapter, we provide an overview of research on neighborhoods and social networks and their role in shaping behavior and economic outcomes. We include discussion of empirical and theoretical analyses of the role of neighborhoods and social networks in crime, education and labor-market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083837
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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703084
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Racial Identity and Education
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
identity issues. We find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends has a positive effect of white teenagers’ test … friends (which is a measure of own identity) and the parent’s education that are responsible for the difference in education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822127
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Mismatch, Transport Mode and Search Decisions in England
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We develop a theoretical model in which whites mainly use private vehicles to commute whereas non-whites use public transportation. We show that, for whites and non-whites, higher (time) distance-to-jobs leads to lower search effort. Because of different transport modes, we also show that, at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136588