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migrants form social links among them and the extent to which this network provides them with material support along three …
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natural exogenous variation in network formation induced by the land occupation movement and the agrarian reform. By using …
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migrants form social links among them and the extent to which this network provides them with material support along three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959753
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269292
We explore the relationship between collaborations in writing papers and the academic productivity of economists and, particularly, we describe the magnitude and intensity of co-authorship among economists. To that end, we employ interaction maps from Complex Systems methods to study the global...
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) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central … minority agents are in the social network, the more they assimilate to the majority culture. We also show that denser networks … tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …
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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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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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We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relationships and decides … assimilation norms may emerge in steady state depending on the structure of the network. We then consider the role of cultural and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873440
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030893