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A Roy Model of Social Interactions
Cicala, Steve - 2011
functions. Second, since a student's comparative advantage is typically unobserved, the theory implies that important …
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A Model of Social Interactions and Endogenous Poverty Traps
Fryer, Roland G. - 2013
This paper develops a model of social interactions and endogenous poverty traps. The key idea is captured in a framework in which the likelihood of future social interactions with members of one%u2019s group is partly determined by group-specific investments made by individuals. I prove three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012754171
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Collective Action in Diverse Sierra Leone Communities
Glennerster, Rachel - 2014
Scholars have pointed to ethnic and other social divisions as a leading cause of economic underdevelopment, due in part to their adverse effects on public good provision and collective action. We investigate this issue in post-war Sierra Leone, one of the world's poorest countries. To address...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013069605
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Participation in Heterogeneous Communities
Alesina, Alberto F.; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
This paper studies both theoretically and empirically the determinants of group formation and of the degree of participation when the population is heterogeneous, both in terms of income and race or ethnicity. We are especially interested in whether and how much the degree of heterogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218807
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Public Action for Public Goods
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2007
This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to public goods. It begins by developing a simple model of collective action which is intended to capture the various mechanisms that are discussed in the theoretical literature on collective action. We argue that several of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777645
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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance
Alesina, Alberto F.; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
We survey and assess the literature on the positive and negative effects of ethnic diversity on economic policies and outcomes. Our focus is on both focus both cities in developed countries (the US) and villages in developing countries. We also consider the endogenous formation of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013213444
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Segregation and Tiebout Sorting : Investigating the Link between Investments in Public Goods and Neighborhood Tipping
Banzhaf, H. Spencer - 2010
Segregation has been a recurring social concern throughout human history. While much progress has been made to our … understanding of the mechanisms driving segregation, work to date has ignored the role played by location-specific amenities … paper, we introduce an exogenous location-specific public good into a model of group segregation. We characterize the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013142544
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Determinants of Technology Adoption : Private Value and Peer Effects in Menstrual Cup Take-Up
Oster, Emily F. - 2010
We estimate the role of benefits and peer effects in technology adoption using data from randomized distribution of menstrual cups in Nepal. Using individual randomization, we estimate causal effects of peer exposure on adoption; using differences in potential returns we estimate effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757660
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Letting Down the Team? Evidence of Social Effects of Team Incentives
Babcock, Philip - 2011
This paper estimates social effects of incentivizing people in teams. In two field experiments featuring exogenous team formation and opportunities for repeated social interactions, we find large team effects that operate through social channels. The team compensation system induced agents to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131446
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Social Interactions with Endogenous Associations
Weinberg, Bruce A. - 2010
This paper develops a model of social interactions with endogenous association. People are assumed to invest in relationships to maximize their utility. Even in a linear-in-means model, when associations are endogenous, the effect of macro-group composition on behavior is non-linear and varies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760173