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Economic Production and the Spread of Supernatural Beliefs
Araújo, Daniel; Carrillo, Bladimir; Sampaio, Breno - 2021
Religion and beliefs in the supernatural are present in all societies. Yet, studies about the spread of small-scale supernatural belief systems remain quite limited. In this work, we test the anthropological hypothesis that historical dependence on pastoralism favored the adoption of customs...
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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333306
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Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification
Hunter, Boyd; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - 2014
discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or … intensifies the emotional response to the object of discrimination. This paper builds on this insight based on the understanding … be the object of discrimination. A theoretical model is constructed that predicts that the choice to identify interacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352282
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Market Competition and Discrimination
Siddique, Abu; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2020
This paper studies the effect of competition on ethnic discrimination by carrying out a field experiment in the context … and survey information indicate that local and wholesale buyers do not have different tastes for discrimination. This … suggests that market competition can eliminate the discrimination of wholesale buyers. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269947
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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884175
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Within-Group Inequality and Caste-Based Crimes in India
Bhowmick, Kanishka; Dasgupta, Indraneel; Pal, Sarmistha - 2024
We examine how within-group inequality, by influencing the group bias of state institutions, affects the cost-benefit calculus of individuals engaging in identity-assertive behaviour, that results in police complaints regarding hate crimes. We develop a two-stage contest model of between-group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015166005
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Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification
Hunter, Boyd; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or … intensifies the emotional response to the object of discrimination. This paper builds on this insight based on the understanding … be the object of discrimination. A theoretical model is constructed that predicts that the choice to identify interacts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010754120
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Cross-nativity marriages and human capital levels of children
Furtado, Delia - 2009
A common perception about immigrant assimilation is that association with natives necessarily speeds the process by which immigrants become indistinguishable from natives. Using 2000 Census data, this paper casts doubt on this presumption by examining the effect of an immigrant's marriage to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269322
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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement: evidence from a placement policy
Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - 2009
Immigrants typically perform worse than other students in the OECD countries. We examine to what extent this is due to the population characteristics of the neighborhoods that immigrants grow up in. We address this issue using a governmental refugee placement policy which provides exogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269449
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Cultural Values and Decision to Work of Immigrant Women in Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo; Stranges, Manuela - 2014
discrimination and it turns out to be stronger for immigrants that maintained more intense ties with their origin countries. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435268