The broad-basing process in India: an introduction / M.V. Nadkarni -- The broad-basing process and Dalits / M.V. Nadkarni -- Whither Dalit movement in Karnataka? Its achievements and challenges / Manohar Yadav -- The broad-basing process and the backward classes / V. Anil Kumar -- The...

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 consider...

We develop a model where information about jobs is essentially obtained through friends and relatives, i.e. strong and weak ties. Workers commute to a business center to work and to interact with other people. We find that housing prices increase with the level of social interactions in the city...

In this paper we examine possible network formations among immigrants and natives with endogenous investment. We consider a model of a network formation where the initiator of the link bears its cost while both agents benefit from it. We present the model by considering possible interactions...