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Title: "Driving While Black" : A Theory for Interethnic Integration and Evolution of Prejudice

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Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: This paper studies the evolution of interethnic attitudes, the integration or segregationdynamics of ethnic minorities and the conditions for the rising of ethnic-based socialhierarchies. By means of a cultural evolution framework, a dynamics of interethnicattitudes is provided and conditions for their convergence derived. Steady statesimplying a constant role of racism and no role for racism are identified. By derivingsufficient conditions for convergence, we find that the way in which ObliqueSocialization Schemes (the way children react to out-of-family stimuli when formingtheir cultural values) are defined and modelled becomes crucial for the structure of thederived long run equilibria. In particular, we find that Steady States implying an Ethnicbasedsocial ranking or full integration of ethnicities may be reached depending onwhether or not agents use Reciprocity and/or Ethnocentrism in their interethnic attitudesformation schemes. We study the conditions under which one group puts more effort inthe socialization process, it changes more in values and shows more frustration thanothers. At last, we provide an endogenization of socialization process by applying ahomophily rule, finding out when breaks in the convergence process happen.

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Authors: Panebianco, Fabrizio

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Institution: EURODIV

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Race and Ethnicity

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