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Neighborhood Effects in Education
Bello, Carlo L. Del; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
their friends, we revisit the importance of geographical proximity in shaping education outcomes. Our findings reveal no …
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The Value of Connections: Evidence from the Italian-American Mafia
Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using declassified Federal Bureau of Narcotics records on 800 US Mafia members active in the 1950s and 1960s, and on their connections within the organized crime network, I estimate network effects on gangsters' economic status. Lacking information on criminal proceeds, I measure economic status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739413
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Neighbourhood Turnover and Teenage Attainment
Gibbons, Steve; Silva, Olmo; Weinhardt, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
's education, none has tested whether neighbourhood stability matters. We fill this gap by estimating the causal effect of … auxiliary findings based on survey data, suggest that neighbourhood turnover damages education through the disruption of local … importance of neighbourhood stability. However, amongst the vast number of studies on the effect of neighbours on a child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886139
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Identification of Peer Effects through Social Networks
Bramoullé, Yann; Djebbari, Habiba; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We provide new results regarding the identification of peer effects. We consider an extended version of the linear-in-means model where each individual has his own specific reference group. Interactions are thus structured through a social network. We assume that correlated unobservables are...
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Key Players in Co-Offending Networks
Lindquist, Matthew J.; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study peer effects in crime by analyzing co-offending networks. We first provide a credible estimate of peer effects in these networks equal to 0.17. This estimate implies a social multiplier of 1.2 for those individuals linked to only one co-offender and a social multiplier of 2 for those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751644
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Modelling Exposure to Risk of Experiencing Discrimination in the Context of Endogenous Ethnic Identification
Hunter, Boyd; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or intensifies the emotional response to the object of...
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Social Networks and Labor Market Transitions
Bramoullé, Yann; Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We study the influence of social networks on labor market transitions. We develop the first model where social ties and job status coevolve through time. Our key assumption is that the probability of formation of a new tie is greater between two employed individuals than between an employed and...
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Social Networks and Interactions in Cities
Helsley, Robert W.; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We examine how interaction choices depend on the interplay of social and physical distance, and show that agents who are more central in the social network, or are located closer to the geographic center of interaction, choose higher levels of interactions in equilibrium. As a result, the level...
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Spatial versus Social Mismatch: The Strength of Weak Ties
Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The aim of this paper is to provide a new mechanism based on social interactions explaining why distance to jobs can have a negative impact on workers' labor-market outcomes, especially ethnic minorities. Building on Granovetter's idea that weak ties are superior to strong ties for providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839300
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Mothers, Friends and Gender Identity
Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...
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