Identity Economics: Social Influence and Skill Development

Abstract

Within the economic literature, studies in identity economics, peer effects, and skill development have all suggested that social influences have an important role in determining choices. In this review, I draw on lessons learned from the identity economics literature to examine implications from the peer effects and skill development literature. I focus on the role of social identity in generating social group effects from peers and what role identity may have in shaping the development of skills from broader environments, parents and peers during childhood and adolescence.

The impact of left-behind experience on urban identity of new-generation migrant workers

“…Different types of left-behind experience have varying effects. For instance, [ 11 ] discovered that the absences of a father and a mother would have varying impacts on the health of left-behind children. To investigate the impact of different left-behind experiences on the urban identity of new-generation migrant workers, this study divided the left-behind experiences into three groups—both parents away, father away, and mother away—based on the answers to Question 306.…”