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- Bisin, Alberto, et al.
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Bend it like Beckham : Ethnic identity and integration
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Economic Review. - : Elsevier BV. - 0014-2921 .- 1873-572X. ; 90, s. 146-164
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We propose a theoretical framework to study the determinants of ethnic and religious identity along two distinct motivational processes: cultural distinction and cultural conformity. Under cultural conformity, ethnic identity is reduced by neighborhood integration, which weakens group loyalties and prejudices. On the contrary, under cultural distinction, ethnic minorities are more motivated in retaining their own distinctive cultural heritage the more integrated are the neighborhoods where they reside and work. Using data on ethnic preferences and attitudes provided by the Fourth National Survey of Ethnic Minorities in the UK we find evidence that might be consistent with intense ethnic and religious identity mostly formed as a cultural distinction mechanism. Consistently, we document that ethnic identities might be more intense in mixed than in segregated neighborhoods.
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- Patacchini, Eleonora, et al.
(författare)
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Racial identity and education in social networks
- 2016
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Ingår i: Social Networks. - : Elsevier BV. - 0378-8733 .- 1879-2111. ; 44, s. 85-94
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigate identity issues to explain differences in school performance between students of different races. Using a unique dataset of friendship relationships between students in the US, we show that friendship formation can be taken as a measure of racial identity. We then find that having a higher percentage of same-race friends is associated with higher test scores for white teenagers and with lower test scores for blacks. However, the higher is the education level of a black teenager's parents, the lower is this negative association, while for whites, it is the reverse. It is thus the combination of choice of friends and parents' education that seems to be an important factor in shaping differences in school performance between students of different races but also between students of the same race.
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