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We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents' network has a...
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We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents’ network has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752709
We interview both parents and their children enrolled in six primary schools in the district of Treviso (Italy). We study the structural differences between the children network of friends reported by children and the one elicited asking their parents. We find that the parents’ network has a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775178
directly address potential sorting into friendships based on typically unobserved determinants of study time. We develop a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011878865
We examine friendships and study partnerships among university students over several years. At the aggregate level …, connections increase over time, but homophily on gender and ethnicity is relatively constant across time, university residences … layers. Furthermore, we see assortativity in homophilous tendencies. There is weaker, albeit significant, homophily over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290120
other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily … than 2,500 French high-school students, we find high levels of homophily across all ten behavioral traits that we study …. Notably, the extent of homophily depends on similarities in demographic characteristics, in particular with respect to gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290261
other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily, namely … experiments on more than 2,500 French high-school students, we find high levels of homophily across all ten behavioral traits that … we study (including social, risk, competitive preferences, and aspirations). Notably, the extent of homophily depends on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296584
other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily … than 2,500 French high-school students, we find high levels of homophily across all ten behavioral traits that we study …. Notably, the extent of homophily depends on similarities in demographic characteristics, in particular with respect to gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014327027
We develop and estimate a model of student study time on a social network. The model is designed to exploit unique data collected in the Berea Panel Study. Study time data allow us to quantify an intuitive mechanism for academic social interactions: own study time may depend on friend study time...
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other demographic characteristics (Jackson, 2010). We present novel evidence on an understudied source of homophily … than 2,500 French high-school students, we find high levels of homophily across all ten behavioral traits that we study …. Notably, the extent of homophily depends on similarities in demographic characteristics, in particular with respect to gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374568