Cultural transmission and discrimination

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 137-146

  Sáez Martí, Maria ^a   Zenou, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ghetto culture; Multiple equilibria; Neighborhood effects; Overlapping generations; Peer effects; Rational expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861398654     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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