Statistical Discrimination with Peer Effects: Can Integration Eliminate Negative Stereotypes?
We introduce peer effects in the costs of human capital acquisition into a model of statistical discrimination in labour markets. This creates a link between the level of segregation in social networks and racial disparities in job assignment and wages. We show that this relationship is characterize...
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Language: | EN |
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5509 |