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The Role of Social Networks in Cultural Assimilation

Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves - 2015

tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …-shaped network. We show that the subgame-perfect equilibrium is not optimal because there is not enough activity and assimilation. We …) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central …

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Social Norms in Networks

Ushchev, Philip; Zenou, Yves - 2019

Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this study, we develop a social-norm model that provides a microfoundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...

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Ethnic Mixing in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment and a Structural Model

Boucher, Vincent; Tumen, Semih; Vlassopoulos, Michael; … - 2021

We study the social integration of ethnic minority children in the context of an early childhood program conducted in Turkey aimed at preparing 5-year-old native and Syrian refugee children for primary school. We randomly assign children to groups with varying ethnic composition and find that...

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Conformism, Social Norms and the Dynamics of Assimilation

Olcina, Gonzalo; Panebianco, Fabrizio; Zenou, Yves - 2018

assimilation norms may emerge in steady state depending on the structure of the network. We then consider the role of cultural and …We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relationships and decides … ideal action or norm but also wants her behavior to be as close as possible to the average assimilation behavior of her …

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Social networks

de Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - 2009

network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does …

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Network formations among immigrants and natives

Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2009

In this paper we examine possible network formations among immigrants and natives with endogenous investment. We … consider a model of a network formation where the initiator of the link bears its cost while both agents benefit from it. We …: assimilation, separation, integration and marginalization. The paper highlights different aspects of immigrants' behavior and their …

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Some Challenges in the Empirics of the Effects of Networks

Boucher, Vincent; Fortin, Bernard - 2015

well as for the identity of the key player. We study the possibility of testing endogeneity in network formation. We … analysis suggests that greater care should be taken in grounding econometric network models to sound and credible theoretical …

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Some Challenges in the Empirics of the Effects of Networks

Boucher, Vincent; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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Social Networks

de Martí, Joan; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does …

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The economic determinants of ethnic assimilation

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2006

Expanding on the concept of ethnic human capital, the paper distinguishes between cultural assimilation compatible with … persistent ethnic groups and assimilation through intermarriage and other mechanisms that blur distinctions and lead to the …

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