Social identity and economic inequalities

YILMAZ E., Bagce S.

SOCIAL IDENTITIES, cilt.28, sa.3, ss.400-416, 2022 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/13504630.2022.2029740
  • Dergi Adı: SOCIAL IDENTITIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Educational research abstracts (ERA), Geobase, Index Islamicus, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Political Science Complete, Psycinfo, Public Affairs Index, Social services abstracts, Sociological abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.400-416
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Identity, inequality, ethnicity, gender, economics, STATISTICAL DISCRIMINATION, UNITED-STATES, IMMIGRANTS, REDISTRIBUTION, EMPLOYMENT, EARNINGS, DEMAND, RACISM, WOMEN, MODEL
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Neoclassical economists explain social phenomena in the decision-making process with the rational and prudent agent, seeking the highest amount of personal utility with her idiosyncratic preferences. However, atomistic choices and preferences cannot explain the phenomena, such as unequal living conditions and discrimination in labor. The agent, as a human being, is always in interaction with the social environment. Social identity is one of the areas in which the social environment is influential. Social identities are associated with social inequalities, directed by some practices, attitudes and institutions that negatively affect the life prospects of social groups of different identities. Therefore, economists need the social unifying analytical concepts, such as social identity, to comprehend the inequalities and related issues, such as redistribution policies in societies.