Using novel information from the German Socio-Economic Panel for the period 1996-2011, we document that migrants with a … is the cause (rather than the product) of social network variations. Other factors driving the acquisition of a native …

causal identification of peer effects depends on the structure of the network itself. In the absence of correlated effects …, the reflection problem is generally solved by network interactions even in non-linear, heterogeneous models. By contrast … correlated effects and network endogeneity in particular. We classify these approaches in four broad categories: random peers …

This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network …

, and different network layers. At the individual level, homophilous tendencies are persistent across time and network … malleable characteristics−risk preferences, altruism, study habits, and so on. We find little evidence of assimilation over … those characteristics. We also document the nuanced impact of network connections on changes in Grade Point Average. …

tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …-shaped network. We show that the subgame-perfect equilibrium is not optimal because there is not enough activity and assimilation. We …) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central …

in peer, neighborhood, and network effects and the policy implications of integrating the social and the geographical …