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Ranking Friends
Feinberg, Yossi; Kets, Willemien - Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and … - 2012
We investigate the scope for cooperation within a community engaged in repeated reciprocal interactions. Players seek the help of others and approach them sequentially according to some fixed order, that is, a ranking profile. We study the ranking profiles that are most effective in sustaining...
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The Economic Consequences of Social Network Structure
Jackson, Matthew O.; Rogers, Brian; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
We survey the literatures on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks. We develop a taxonomy of 'macro' and 'micro' characteristics of social inter-action networks and discuss both the theoretical and empirical findings concerning the role of those characteristics in...
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Random Walk-Based Segregation Measures
Ballester, Coralio; Vorsatz, Marc - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 3, pp. 383-401
We propose an intuitive way of how to measure segregation in social and spatial networks. Using random walks, we define … the segregation index as the probability that an individual meets an individual from the same social group. The … segregation index is a generalization of the isolation index and a homophily index introduced in Currarini, Jackson, and Pin (2009 …
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Search and Homophily in Social Networks
Currarini, Sergio; Redondo, Fernando Vega - Dipartimento di Economia, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia - 2010
We study the formation of social ties among heteogeneous agents in a model where meetings are governed by agents' directed search. The aim is to shed light on the important issue of homophily (the tendency of agents to connect with others of the same type). The essential contribution of the...
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Group design with endogenous associations
Weinberg, Bruce A. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 43 (2013) 2, pp. 411-421
The belief that people are affected by the groups in which they are active has long led policy makers to manipulate the groups to which people are exposed. This paper studies the optimal design of groups to maximize racial and ethnic integration. We show that the group composition that maximizes...
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Projektbericht "Entscheidungsträger in Deutschland: Werte und Einstellungen"
Bunselmeyer, Elisabeth; Holland-Cunz, Marc; Dribbisch, … - Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) - 2013
Der Bericht beschreibt Erkenntnisinteresse, Anlage und Erstellung der Studie 'Entscheidungsträger in Deutschland: Werte und Einstellungen'. Im Mittelpunkt der Befragung stehen die gesellschaftspolitischen Einstellungen und Handlungsmaximen sowie die Karrieremotive und Lebensverläufe der...
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Social Networks and Labor Market Inequality between Ethnicities and Races
Toomet, Ott; Leij, Marco van der; Rolfe, Meredith - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012
unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily … between the size of the differential and network segregation: regions with more segregated social networks exhibit larger …
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Categorical Segregation from a Game Theoretical Approach
Rubi-Barcelo, Antoni - In: Annals of Economics and Finance 14 (2013) 1, pp. 85-120
between categorical thinking and segregation. This causality was suggested by Fryer and Jackson (2008). The present model … social identity; consequently, this paper supports the argument that segregation may not be malevolent in origin. …
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Two Faces of the ICT Revolution: Desegregation and Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality
Kahanec, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
) affects socio-economic outcomes. In the context of minority-majority relations, social distances and segregation determine the … interaction with the larger society. I interpret the reversal of the segregation trend that occurred in the late 1970s as a …
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Cultural Diversity: A Matter of Measurement
Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
measuring spatial dependence, particularly in the form of segregation or clusters. We conclude that there will be in the future …
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