Oppositional identities and the labor market

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 643-667

  Battu, Harminder ^a   Mwale, McDonald ^b   Zenou, Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Identity; Multiple equilibria; Social networks; White's norm

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547302901     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0093-8     Document Type: Review

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