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Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a … is the cause (rather than the product) of social network variations. Other factors driving the acquisition of a native …
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causal identification of peer effects depends on the structure of the network itself. In the absence of correlated effects …, the reflection problem is generally solved by network interactions even in non-linear, heterogeneous models. By contrast … correlated effects and network endogeneity in particular. We classify these approaches in four broad categories: random peers …
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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 micro foundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133891
Academic consensus about normative prescriptions on the ethnic and cultural composition of societies has been shifting in recent decades. It has evolved from what seemed desirable but was acknowledged to be unrealistic (the noble idea of a melting pot), to what is realistic because it has...
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This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network …
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in peer, neighborhood, and network effects and the policy implications of integrating the social and the geographical …
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, and different network layers. At the individual level, homophilous tendencies are persistent across time and network … malleable characteristics−risk preferences, altruism, study habits, and so on. We find little evidence of assimilation over … those characteristics. We also document the nuanced impact of network connections on changes in Grade Point Average. …
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We explain persistent differences in cultural traits of immigrant groups with the presence of community leaders. Leaders influence the cultural traits of their community, which have an impact on the group's earnings. They determine whether a community will be more assimilated and wealthier or...
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, and different network layers. At the individual level, homophilous tendencies are persistent across time and network … malleable characteristics---risk preferences, altruism, study habits, and so on. We find little evidence of assimilation over … those characteristics. We also document the nuanced impact of network connections on changes in Grade Point Average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013477307