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Social Interaction and the Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality : Why Being a Minority Hurts But Being a Big Minority Hurts More
Kahanec, Martin - 2005
minority and the majority - and individuals form their human capital through social interaction in social networks. I establish … two social groups whenever sociocultural differences hinder social interaction between majority and minority individuals … labor market and a choice of heterogeneous skills in the economy, minority and majority individuals tend to acquire …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014068252
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Social Interaction and the Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality : Why Being a Minority Hurts But Being a Big Minority Hurts More
Kahanec, Martin - 2004
minority and the majority - and individuals form their human capital through social interaction in social networks. I establish … two social groups whenever sociocultural differences hinder social interaction between majority and minority individuals … labor market and a choice of heterogeneous skills in the economy, minority and majority individuals tend to acquire …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071089
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Community influence as an explanatory factor why Roma children get little schooling
Stark, Oded; Berlinschi, Ruxanda - 2021
Parents who experience poverty and who want to provide their children with an escape route can be expected to encourage and support their progeny's education. The evidence that Roma parents behave differently is unsettling. In this paper we test empirically an explanation for that behavior. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421980
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Community cohesion and assimilation equilibria
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2018
We study the assimilation behavior of a group of migrants who live in a city populated by native inhabitants. We conceptualize the group as a community, and the city as a social space. Assimilation increases the productivity of migrants and, consequently, their earnings. However, assimilation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929253
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Community cohesion and assimilation equilibria
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Szczygielski, Krzysztof - 2018
We study the assimilation behavior of a group of migrants who live in a city populated by native inhabitants. We conceptualize the group as a community, and the city as a social space. Assimilation increases the productivity of migrants and, consequently, their earnings. However, assimilation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931048
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Community influence as an explanatory factor why Roma children get little schooling
Stark, Oded; Berlinschi, Ruxanda - 2021
Parents who experience poverty and who want to provide their children with an escape route can be expected to encourage and support their progeny’s education. The evidence that Roma parents behave differently is unsettling. In this paper we test empirically an explanation for that behavior....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427357
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Community influence as an explanatory factor why Roma children get little schooling
Stark, Oded; Berlinschi, Ruxanda - 2020
Parents who experience poverty and who want to provide their children with an escape route can be expected to encourage and support their progeny's education. The evidence that Roma parents behave differently is unsettling. In this paper we test empirically an explanation for that behavior. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390756
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Identity and Racial Harassment
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2021
In a 1996 survey of U.S. military personnel, more than 65 percent experienced racially offensive behavior, and approximately one-in-ten reported threatening incidents or career-related racial discrimination. Perceived racial harassment is driven by social classifications that extend beyond...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319267
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The role of social identity and perceived discrimination in human capital formation : evidence from India
Gupta, Isha - 2022
This study examines the role of historically defined social identity in human capital development over time by focusing on a region from India where social identities are defined along the lines of castes and religious groups. It investigates the evolution of gaps across social groups in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433674
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Migrants at school: educational inequality and social interaction in the UK and Germany
Entorf, Horst; Tatsi, Eirini - 2009
We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate whether good neighbourhoods with a relatively high stock of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269090