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network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does …
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This paper reports the results of a laboratory experiment on network formation among heterogeneous agents. The … experimental design extends the basic Bala-Goyal (2000) model of network formation with decay and two-way flow of benefits by … network has a star structure. We find that with homogeneous agents, equilibrium predictions fail completely. In contrast, with …
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We present an economic experiment on network formation, in which subjects can decide to form links to one another … Goyal (2000). They distinguish between two scenarios regarding the flow of benefits through a network, the so-called 1-way … asymmetry, i.e., payoff inequity, plays an important role in the network formation process. …
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Workers are embedded within a network of social relationships and can communicate through word-of-mouth. They can find …. We show that, when the network size increases, on average, the unemployed workers hear about more vacancies through their … social network but, at the same time, it is more likely that multiple vacancies reach the same unemployed worker. Above a …
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We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data … network. Specifically rural low-ability weavers are found to improve their performance as their high-ability teammates (who …
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contact with their former colleagues. This implies that the positive feedback (social network effects) that has been found by …
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It is common for mentorship programs to use race, gender, and nationality to match mentors and mentees. Despite the popularity of these programs, there is little evidence on whether mentees value mentors with shared traits. Using novel administrative data from an online college mentoring...
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traits that students share, the higher the overall homophily. Then, using network econometrics, we show that the observed … homophily is not only an outcome of endogenous network formation, but is also a result of friends influencing each others … other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily, namely …
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Changing distributions of male and female types affect the measurement of educationbased marriage market sorting. We develop a weighting strategy that minimizes the distortion of sorting measures due to changing type distributions. The optimal weights reflect that female type distributions have...
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thereby innovation. In this study, we shed light on the phenomenon of 'idea homophily', which is a tendency to be more …
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