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Title: Identity and Occupational Choice in the American Midwest
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Munshi, Kaivan Wilson, Nicholas |
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Identity and Occupational Choice in the American Midwest Working Paper, Economics Department, Indiana University, April 2007. Also: http://www.indiana.edu/~econdept/workshops/Spring_2007_Papers/Munshi_midwest1.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Economics Department, Indiana University Keyword(s): Ethnic Groups/Ethnicity; Immigrants; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Labor Market Demographics; Mobility; Occupational Choice; Religion Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This paper draws a connection between ethnic labor market networks in the American Midwest when it was first being settled, the local identity that emerged endogenously to support these networks, and occupational mobility today. Individuals born in counties with greater ethnic fractionalization in 1860, which we expect to be associated with stronger local identity, are significantly less likely to hold professional jobs, which come with greater geographical mobility, in 2000. A further connection is made between local identity and a particular social institution – the church – to explain the persistence of identity over multiple generations. We expect local identity to be positively correlated with the performance of the local church, which supports and is supported by this cultural trait, and as predicted, counties with greater ethnic fractionalization in 1860 are associated with greater religious participation over many years in the future. |
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Munshi, Kaivan and Nicholas Wilson. "Identity and Occupational Choice in the American Midwest." Working Paper, Economics Department, Indiana University, April 2007. |