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The Formation of Migrant Networks
Comola, Margherita - 2014
migrants form social links among them and the extent to which this network provides them with material support along three …
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The Formation of Migrant Networks
Comola, Margherita; Mendola, Mariapia - 2013
We use a purposely-designed survey on Sri Lankan immigrants living in Milan to study their personal network. By taking … a dyadic perspective we investigate how migrants form (weak and strong) social links among them in the host country, and … the extent to which this network provides them material support along three different dimensions: accommodation, credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014157720
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The role of social networks in cultural assimilation
Verdier, Thierry; Zenou, Yves - 2015
) embedded in a network have to decide how much effort they exert in some activity (say education). We show that the more central … minority agents are in the social network, the more they assimilate to the majority culture. We also show that denser networks … tend to favor assimilation so that, for example, it is easier to assimilate in a complete network than in a star …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336962
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The formation of networks in the diaspora
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - 2016
In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452743
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Networks in the Diaspora
Epstein, Gil S. - 2016
In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995350
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The Formation of Networks in the Diaspora
Epstein, Gil S. - 2016
In this paper, we examine possible types of network formation among immigrants in the diaspora and between those … immigrants and the new society in their host country. Spread of migrants from the same origin in the diaspora may well increase … network structure on the country of origin, such as on international trade. We find that when the size of the diaspora is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997439
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The formation of immigrant networks in the short and the long run
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler, Odelia - In: Economies : open access journal 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-16
In this paper, we present a formal framework of possible network formations among immigrants. After arriving in the new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542617
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Social Norms in Networks
Ushchev, Philip - 2018
Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this paper, we investigate how social norms affect individual effort, aggregate effort, and welfare. While individual productivity always positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909443
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Social Norms in Networks
Ushchev, Philip - 2019
Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this study, we develop a social-norm model that provides a microfoundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859300
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Social norms in networks
Ushchev, Philip; Zenou, Yves - 2019
Although the linear-in-means model is the workhorse model in empirical work on peer effects, its theoretical properties are understudied. In this study, we develop a social-norm model that provides a micro foundation of the linear-in-means model and investigate its properties. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133030