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Neighborhood Effects in Education
Bello, Carlo L. Del; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
their friends, we revisit the importance of geographical proximity in shaping education outcomes. Our findings reveal no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228307
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Social Interactions
Durlauf, Steven N.; Ioannides, Yannis M. - In: Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010) 1, pp. 451-478
The study of social interactions has enriched both the domain of inquiry of economists and the way economists conceptualize individual decision making. The review aims to introduce the classes of models that accommodate estimation of social interactions and to examine the key areas where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226025
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Dynamic Aspects of Teenage Friendships and Educational Attainment
Patacchini, Eleonora; Rainone, Edoardo; Zenou, Yves - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Stockholms Universitet - 2011
We study peer effects in education. We first develop a network model that predicts a relationship between own education … and peers’ education as measured by direct links in the social network. We then test this relationship using the four … education since a standard deviation increase in peers’ education attainment translates into roughly a 10 percent increase of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799783
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Dynamic Aspects of Teenage Friendships and Educational Attainment
Patacchini, Eleonora; Rainone, Edoardo; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study peer effects in education. We first develop a network model that predicts a relationship between own education … and peers’ education as measured by direct links in the social network. We then test this relationship using the four … education since a standard deviation increase in peers’ education attainment translates into roughly a 10 percent increase of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854494
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Student Networks and Long-Run Educational Outcomes: The Strength of Strong Ties
Patacchini, Eleonora; Rainone, Edoardo; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
develop a simple network model where students first choose their friends and then decide how much effort they put in education … in the fourth wave in 2007-2008 (when adult). We find that there are strong and persistent peer effects in education but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084315
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Peer effects in the demand for housing quality
Patacchini, Eleonora; Venanzoni, Giuseppe - In: Journal of Urban Economics 83 (2014) C, pp. 6-17
Using detailed data on friendship networks within neighborhoods, we investigate the importance of social interactions in one’s own residential neighborhood in the demand for housing quality. We find evidence consistent with the presence of peer effects, especially for households living in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931476
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Identification of Social Interactions
Blume, Lawrence E.; Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N.; … - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 2010
While interest in social determinants of individual behavior has led to a rich theoretical literature and many efforts to measure these influences, a mature “social econometrics” has yet to emerge. This chapter provides a critical overview of the identification of social interactions. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694999
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Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2010
This paper studies whether conformism behavior affects individual outcomes in crime. We present a social network model of peer effects with ex-ante heterogeneous agents and show how conformism and deterrence affect criminal activities. We then bring the model to the data by using a very detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008465537
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Juvenile Delinquency and Conformism
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper studies whether conformism behavior affects individual outcomes in crime. We present a social network model of peer effects with ex-ante heterogeneous agents and show how conformism and deterrence affect criminal activities. We then bring the model to the data by using a very detailed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008491720
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Identification of Social Interactions
Blume, Lawrence E.; Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N.; … - Department of Economics, Tufts University - 2010
While interest in social determinants of individual behavior has led to a rich theoretical literature and many efforts to measure these influences, a mature "social econometrics" has yet to emerge. This chapter provides a critical overview of the identification of social interactions. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676594