Identity Economics - Multidisciplinary Insights Into Decision-Making Behavior

This book fills a gap in the extant literature by providing an in-depth analysis of the main claims made in favour of identity economics.
It explores the reliability of identity-based explanations, the function of economic institutions, policy implications and considerations of intersectionality and multidimensionality.

List of contents

1. Putting the economic identity puzzle together 2. Identity: key concepts and approaches 3. Identity economics theory 4. Identity and consumer behaviour 5. Ethnic identity and the labour market: a case of the Roma people from Turkey 6. The effect of individual cultural dimensions and motivations on the sharing economy: evidence from Turkey and Bulgaria 7. Fostering individual preferences: empowering entrepreneurs through EU renewable energy policies 8. Breaking down barriers: the economics of gender identity and its effect on behaviors 9. A conceptual evaluation of the identity economics 10. Conceptualizing identity in economics: a naive introduction to consciousness

About the author

Meral UZUNÖZ ALTAN is a Professor in the Department of Economics (Economic Theory), Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey.
Meltem İNCE-YENILMEZ is Professor in the Department of Economics at Izmir Democracy University, Turkey; and specializes in the economics of gender, labour economics, and social work.
Oğuzhan ALTINKOZ is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University, Turkey.
Sinem BAĞÇE currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Yeditepe University, Turkey.

Summary

This book fills a gap in the extant literature by providing an in-depth analysis of the main claims made in favour of identity economics. It explores the reliability of identity-based explanations, the function of economic institutions, policy implications and considerations of intersectionality and multidimensionality.

Product details

• Authors: Meral Ince Yenilmez Uzunoz Altan
• Assisted by: Oğuzhan Altınkoz (Editor), Sinem Bağçe (Editor), Meltem İnce Yenilmez (Editor), Meral Uzunöz Altan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.07.2024
• EAN: 9781032665085
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266508-5
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Routledge Studies in Gender and Economics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Business & Economics / General, Social Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Labour / income economics, Economic theory & philosophy, Labour Economics, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints, Gender studies, gender groups, Psychological theory & schools of thought, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, Economic theory and philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General