We develop a model of friendship formation that sheds light on segregation patterns observed in social and economic … networks. Individuals come in different types and have type-dependent benefits from friendships; we examine the properties of a …

I discuss a fundamental and pervasive aspect of social networks that has a signfii cant impact on behavior: "homophily … thorough grasp of homophily and how it shapes our social networks and ultimately translates into our behaviors becomes …

The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the … host country before child birth matters, which implies that the outcomes of the social integration process are inherited …. Inherited integration has a particularly strong impact on the marriage patterns of females. …

The paper studies childhood migrants and examines how age at migration affects their ensuing integration at the …, which implies that the outcomes of the social integration process are inherited. Inherited integration has a particularly …