Social networks are known to influence migration decisions, but connections between individuals can hardly be observed …

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 … criminal from each network that reduces total crime by the largest amount.Using longitudinal data, we are able to compare the …

migrants form social links among them and the extent to which this network provides them with material support along three …

In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … international trade between the different countries, depending on the types of networks formed. We present possible applications of … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …

basis of individual performance and the other graded on the basis of the team performance. We find that students assigned to … socially connected teams perform significantly better than control students in both the team part and the individual part of …

identify and disentangle the main mechanisms put forth in the literature: the role of networks in reducing bilateral …

We study both endogenous and exogenous peer effects in worker productivity using an explicit network approach. We apply … this method to data from an in-house call center of a multinational mobile network operator that include detailed …-worker networks …