We examine how three different communication processes operating through social networks are affected by homophily … - the tendency of individuals to associate with others similar to themselves. Homophily has no effect if messages are … broadcast or sent via shortest paths; only connection density matters. In contrast, homophily substantially slows learning based …

The paper studies the impact of homophily on the optimal strategies of a monopolist, whose marketing campaign of new … product relies on a word of mouth communication. Homophily is a tendency of people to interact more with those who are similar … a number of results: (i) for low levels of homophily the product attractive to both types of consumers is preferred to …

, then expected homophily in the contact network structure induces different career choices for individuals from different …

--based homophily and ii) they are both remarkably stationary in time; concerning race iii) school friendships do not exhibit … opportunity-based homophily, while marriages do, iv) choice-based homophily is much stronger for marriages than for friendships … tend to be concentrated within the same group. This phenomenon, called imbreeding homophily, has been related to either …