We use a novel dataset and research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions among neighbors on … nearby but not identical blocks. We find significant evidence of social interactions operating at the block level: residing …

This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is …

This paper studies the relevance of social interactions among the unemployed. Identification is based on a salient and … selective extension of the potential duration of unemployment benefits. If social interactions are important, this policy change … that there are strong indirect effects on the entitled, strong positive spillovers on the non-entitled, and that social …

monetary incentives, individuals' initial abilities, and social interactions with others are all important determinants of … enhanced through social interactions; (iii) Interestingly, less able students benefit more than more able students from social … and that allow for social interactions where agents can exchange information hold a great deal of promise for enhancing …