Oppositional identities and the labor market
Oppositional identities and the labor market
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对立身份和劳动力市场
DOI:
10.1007/s00148-006-0093-8
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Y. Zenou
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作者:
H. Battu;McDonald Mwale;Y. Zenou
We develop a model in which nonwhite individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends, and neighbors) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion or language), and in which jobs are mainly found through social networks. We find that depending on how strong peer pressures are, nonwhites choose to adopt “oppositional” identities because some individuals may identify with the dominant culture and others may reject that culture, even if it implies adverse labor market outcomes.