TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Kahanec, Martin
        TI  - Ethnic Competition and Specialization
        PY  - 2007/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 3167
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp3167
        AB  - Are ethnic specialization and thus a downward sloping labor demand curve fundamental features of labor market competition between ethnic groups? In a general equilibrium model, this paper argues that spillover effects in skill acquisition and social distances between ethnic groups engender equilibrium regimes of skill acquisition that differ in their implications for ethnic specialization. Specifically, fundamental relationships through which relative group sizes determine whether ethnic specialization arises and in what degree are established. Thus, this paper theoretically justifies a downward sloping labor demand curve and explains why some ethnic groups earn more than others, ethnic minorities underperforming or outperforming majorities.
        KW  - ethnic specialization
KW  - labor market
KW  - ethnic group
KW  - human capital
KW  - spillover effects
        ER  -