NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality

Patrick Mason

MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.

Keywords: identity; race; evolutionary game; social norm; culture; values; behavior; social capital; discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 J15 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Published in NEA presidential address: identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality 1.32(2004): pp. 13-36

Downloads: (external link)
https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/11330/1/MPRA_paper_11330.pdf original version (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: Nea presidential address: Identity, markets, and persistent racial inequality (2004)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:11330

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in MPRA Paper from University Library of Munich, Germany Ludwigstraße 33, D-80539 Munich, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Joachim Winter ().