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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 Employment for Ethnic Minorities. Evidence from England.
Zenou, Yves; Battu, Harminder - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2009
that the social environment of individuals and attachments to culture of origin has a strong association with identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317967
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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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Oppositional Identities and the Labor Market
Battu, Harminder; Mwale, McDonald; Zenou, Yves - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 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/10005645292
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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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Oppositional Identities and Employment for Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from England
Battu, Harminder; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
that the social environment of individuals and attachments to culture of origin has a strong association with identity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527303
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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