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formal sector a decade later, are subject to more severe ethnic segregation on the job and display less linguistic …
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probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK …
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To better understand the way social networks operate in the labor market, we propose two simple models where … strength of weak ties in finding a job because they involve a secondary ring of acquaintances who have contacts with networks …
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probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK …
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We analyse the effect of strong and weak ties on the individual probability of finding a job. Using the dynamic model of Calvó-Armengol and Jackson (2004), two results are put forward: (i) the individual probability of finding a job is increasing in the number of strong and weak ties; (ii) the...
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This paper focuses on mechanisms of “peer interactions” among native and non-native students. We present a theoretical framework based on Lazear (2001) education production model and on the “sub-cultural” sociological theory and we test the theoretical predictions exploiting a dataset of...
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probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to other search methods. Using individual-level data from the UK …
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Facilitating healthy eating among young people, particularly among minorities who are at high risk for gaining excess weight, is at the forefront of the current policy discussions in the U.S. We investigate the effects of social interactions and relative prices on fruit and vegetable consumption...
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a minor effect on within school class social interactions. There is weak evidence of decreased ethnic segregation within …
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We introduce an empirical framework that synthesizes the key insights of the Schelling model of segregation. Our … that have been absent from prior analyses of tipping and segregation. We implement our approach to study racial segregation … discuss extensions to our analysis by considering alternative, more general specifications of segregation. …
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