Ethnic Specialization and Earnings Inequality: Why Being a Minority Hurts But Being a Big Minority Hurts More

Kahanec, Martin

doi:10.2139/ssrn.894867

SSRN Journal

2006

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.894867

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Ethnic Specialization and Earnings Inequality: Why Being a Minority Hurts But Being a Big Minority Hurts More

Martin Kahanec

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The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation

Chiswick

2008

J Popul Econ

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A human capital model is developed that distinguishes between ethnic-specific skills (applicable only to a specific indigenous or immigrant group) and shared or general skills. An important determinant of assimilation is the extent to which these two forms of human capital are complements, thus promoting both assimilation and ethnic persistence, or anti-complements, promoting either assimilation or ethnic retention but not both. Implications of the model are developed for various applications including intermarriage, the effects of group size, language and religion as a basis for ethnic mergers, and the transfer society as a potential barrier to assimilation. JEL Classifications -J11, J15, J24, Z13

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The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation

Chiswick

2008

J Popul Econ

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Minority size and socio-economic inequalities: A case study of Muslim minority in India

Hassan

Balaev

Shariff

2018

International Sociology

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The authors investigate the relationship between Muslim minority size and inequality using a new cross-sectional dataset of 599 Indian districts. The authors review existing studies, propose a new population growth inequality theory, and develop three hypotheses. A newly constructed multidimensional index of social well-being is used as a proxy for intergroup inequality. A multi-level mixed effects regression analysis with controls for urbanization and state-level effects is applied. The authors find a U-shaped relationship between the size of the Muslim minority and its absolute and relative well-being. Well-being reaches the lowest point when minority reaches approximately 50% of the population in a district. The average gap in well-being tends to be larger in the districts with lower socio-economic development.

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Ethnic Competition and Specialization

Kahanec

2007

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Ethnic Specialization and Earnings Inequality: Why Being a Minority Hurts But Being a Big Minority Hurts More

Cited by 6 publications

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The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation

The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation

Minority size and socio-economic inequalities: A case study of Muslim minority in India

Ethnic Competition and Specialization

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