We examine friendships and study partnerships among university students over several years. At the aggregate level …

We analyze the characteristics of the social networks of students studying in the economics department in one Russian … individual characteristics of students and their peers. We find that the probability of a tie existing is explained by the gender … homophily, and initial student assignment to the same exogenously defined study group. Students ask for help and form …

We examine friendships and study partnerships among university students over several years. At the aggregate level …

students perform across HBCUs and non-HBCUs by looking at a relatively broad range of outcomes, including college and graduate …

that are the strongest predictors of whether two students are friends. Race is strongly related to social ties, even after … two students interact have only a limited potential to reduce the racial segmentation of the social network …

, and a natural experiment conducted on, students from the United States Naval Academy (USNA). We develop a conceptual … rich set of covariates and the random assignment of students to peer groups. We find that students can be influenced by …