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 …

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 …

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 …