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Self-Confidence and Social Interactions

Benabou, Roland - 2000

This paper studies the interactions between an individual's self esteem and his social environment in the workplace, at school, and in personal relationships. Because a person generally has only imperfect knowledge of his own abilities, people who derive benefits from his performance (parent,...

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Economic Analysis of Social Interactions

Manski, Charles F. - 2000

rigor of modern economic analysis. Major theoretical developments in game theory, the economics of the family, and … endogenous growth theory have taken place. Economists have also performed new empirical research on social interactions, but the … empirical literature does not show progress comparable to that achieved in economic theory. This paper examines why and …

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A Theory of Social Interactions

Becker, Gary S. - 1974

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Demand and Welfare Analysis in Discrete Choice Models with Social Interactions

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Happiness at Different Ages : The Social Context Matters

Helliwell, John F. - 2018

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How do information interventions affect individual efforts to expand social networks? We study a randomized controlled trial of a program providing information on settling in the U.S. for new immigrants from the Philippines. Improved information leads new immigrants to acquire fewer new social...

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Adoption Curves and Social Interactions

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This paper considers the observational implications of social influences on adoption decisions for an environment of perfect foresight adopters. We argue that social influences can produce two observable effects: 1) discontinuities in unconditional adoption curves and 2) pattern reversals in...

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Interpersonal Styles and Labor Market Outcomes

Borghans, Lex - 2007

This paper develops a framework to understand the role of interpersonal interactions in the labor market including task assignment and wages. Effective interpersonal interactions involve caring, to establish cooperation, and at the same time directness, to communicate in an unambiguous way. The...

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Social Interaction and Stock-Market Participation

Hong, Harrison - 2001

admits the possibility of multiple social equilibria. We then test the theory using data from the Health and Retirement Study …

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