Identity Economics
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Identity Economics is a book by Nobel laureate George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton that explores how people’s social identities and norms shape economic behavior and market outcomes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| "Identity Economics" | 1 |
| Identity Economics canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13547256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Identity Economics Context triple: [George A. Akerlof, notableWork, Identity Economics]
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Identity
"Identity" is a 2003 psychological thriller film, directed by James Mangold and starring John Cusack and Ray Liotta, known for its twist-filled plot about strangers stranded at a remote motel during a storm.
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IDP
IDP is a professional development program designed to provide structured training and growth opportunities for interns early in their careers.
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“Personal Identity”
“Personal Identity” is a philosophical work by John Perry that explores the nature of selfhood and what it means for a person to persist over time.
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Identity and Necessity
Identity and Necessity is a seminal philosophical work by Saul Kripke that develops his influential ideas on modal logic, rigid designation, and the nature of necessary truths about identity.
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Identity Assurance Level
Identity Assurance Level is a graded measure used in digital identity systems to indicate the confidence that a claimed identity actually belongs to the person presenting it, based on the rigor of identity proofing and verification processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Identity Economics Target entity description: Identity Economics is a book by Nobel laureate George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton that explores how people’s social identities and norms shape economic behavior and market outcomes.
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A.
Identity
"Identity" is a 2003 psychological thriller film, directed by James Mangold and starring John Cusack and Ray Liotta, known for its twist-filled plot about strangers stranded at a remote motel during a storm.
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B.
IDP
IDP is a professional development program designed to provide structured training and growth opportunities for interns early in their careers.
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C.
“Personal Identity”
“Personal Identity” is a philosophical work by John Perry that explores the nature of selfhood and what it means for a person to persist over time.
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D.
Identity and Necessity
Identity and Necessity is a seminal philosophical work by Saul Kripke that develops his influential ideas on modal logic, rigid designation, and the nature of necessary truths about identity.
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E.
Identity Assurance Level
Identity Assurance Level is a graded measure used in digital identity systems to indicate the confidence that a claimed identity actually belongs to the person presenting it, based on the rigor of identity proofing and verification processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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economics book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| arguesThat |
identity can explain economic behaviors that standard models cannot
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people care about adhering to social norms ⓘ |
| author |
George A. Akerlof
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Rachel E. Kranton ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
effects of norms on education
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effects of norms on labor markets ⓘ effects of norms on macroeconomic outcomes ⓘ effects of norms on organizations ⓘ integration of social identity into economic models ⓘ role of identity in economic decision-making ⓘ |
| genre |
behavioral economics
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economics ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
economics
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psychology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| hasAuthorAward |
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (George A. Akerlof)
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linked to:
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
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| hasNotableConcept |
identity and education choices
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identity and labor supply ⓘ identity and organizational design ⓘ identity utility ⓘ identity-based preferences ⓘ norms and prescriptions ⓘ social categories in economics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
behavioral economics
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social psychology ⓘ sociology of identity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
economic behavior
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identity economics ⓘ market outcomes ⓘ social identity ⓘ social norms ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bridging economics and sociology
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formalizing identity in economic theory ⓘ |
| proposes | identity-based utility functions ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| publisher | Princeton University Press ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Akerlof and Kranton’s journal articles on identity economics ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
economists
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general educated readers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ social scientists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Identity Economics Description of subject: Identity Economics is a book by Nobel laureate George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton that explores how people’s social identities and norms shape economic behavior and market outcomes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Akerlof
linked to: Identity Economics