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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 …
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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
While many models have investigated the role of competitive mate selection processes in human marriage, few have addressed the potential for assortative processes to explain the observed demographics, as well as simultaneously investigating divorce. To explore the possibility that assortative...
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Homophily—the tendency of individuals to associate with similar others—is one of the most persistent findings in … research on interpersonal interaction. Literature has recently also studied the impact of homophily in crowdfunding markets … (Greenberg & Mollick, 2017). While these results offer valuable insights into the dimension sex, homophily is a multidimensional …
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We examine the long-run effect of homophily in online social networks on interpersonal interactions in local … communities. We measure online homophily across counties in the US using Facebook data. For identification, we exploit a conflict …
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Network theory and research have identified the powerful dynamic of homophily whereby individuals are more likely to … evidence linking homophily to both elite group closure and lower‐status self‐segregating social withdrawal to propose a new … dynamic of middle‐status ambivalence toward homophily, generating a greater propensity toward diversity. Indian society offers …
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We consider the implications of gender homophily in Economics, which has persisted despite the significant increase in … women in the field. As women remain underrepresented, gender homophily may serve as a constraint in collaboration. It could …. We show that gender homophily neither constrains collaboration nor prevents higher quality output. …
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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
Changing distributions of male and female types affect the measurement of educationbased marriage market sorting. We develop a weighting strategy that minimizes the distortion of sorting measures due to changing type distributions. The optimal weights reflect that female type distributions have...
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