Abstract Even though research on the influence of institutions entrepreneurial activities has recently gained scholarly attention, most studies are quantitative cross-country analyses that assume response homogeneity. Qualitative single-country provide deeper insights into institutional peculiarities still rare, especially in East Asian context. Based qualitative data generated from semi-struct...

Occupations are segregated with respect to sex, even in modern, egalitarian societies. There strong pressures eliminate segregation and therefore reasons correctly theorize why persists. The dominant view underpinning most public policies is essentially that environmental factors nudge women men into different occupational paths. Nudging, however, ignores research suggesting psychological trait...

This paper investigates the role played by a cultural trait – identity – in determining occupational choice and mobility. The analysis links competition between migrant networks in the Midwest when it was first developing and the community identity that emerged endogenously to support these networks in particular local areas (counties) to institutional participation and occupational choice toda...

The aim of the present study is to analyze empirical researches on the social resources dimension of occupational status attainment process and relate them to the rational choice approach. The analysis suggests that the existing data on the strength of ties aspect of social resources is insufficient and does not allow any implication concerning rational actor’s behavior. However, the results co...

This paper examines the role played by local identity, or the attachment to a hometown, in restricting occupational choice and mobility. Providing economic foundations at the community level for this deviation from individual self-interest, the analysis links competition between ethnic networks in the Midwest when it was first developing, and the in-group identity that emerged endogenously to s...