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		| Francis  BLOCH and Vijayendra  RAO | 
	
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		| ''Statistical Discrimination and Social Assimilation'' | 
	
		| ( 2001, Vol. 10 No.2 ) | 
	
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		| Social assimilation has been observed in many societies where members of the minority group suffer from discrimination. In this note, we provide a simple economic model of assimilation and show that the adoption of the social behavior of the dominant group can be used as a signal by high productivity members of the minority group. | 
	
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		| Keywords: social assimilation | 
	
		| JEL: J7 - Labor Discrimination: General 
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		| | Manuscript Received : Oct 10 2001 |  | Manuscript Accepted : Oct 10 2001 | 
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