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How individual characteristics shape the structure of social networks

Schunk, Daniel; Girard, Yann; Hett, Florian - Volkswirtschaftslehre-Lehrstühle, Gutenberg School of … - 2014

association with link formation. We also find evidence for homophily along several dimensions. Finally, our results show that …

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Social Networks Research in Higher Education

Biancani, Susan; McFarland, Daniel - In: Educational Studies (2013) 4, pp. 85-126

achievement, and the role online social networks play in students lives. Homophily and propinquity play important roles in … promoting ties between individuals - here, friendship ties among students. At the same time, the effects of homophily can be … overcome: additional exposure to classmates from different backgrounds makes students more likely to form friendships that …

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Homophily and long-run integration in social networks

Bramoullé, Yann; Currarini, Sergio; Jackson, Matthew O.; … - In: Journal of Economic Theory 147 (2012) 5, pp. 1754-1786

-based degree distributions and group-level homophily patterns when there are two types and location-based biases. Finally, we …

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Occupational mismatch and social networks

Horváth, Gergely - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 442-468

. This study shows that as the fraction of ties connecting similar agents (homophily) increases, the level of mismatch …

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Social Network Site Usage and Personal Relations of Migrants

Damian, Elena; Ingen, Erik Van - In: Societies 4 (2014) 4, pp. 640-653

In this study, we examine the relation between social network site (SNS) usage and the personal networks of immigrants, using a unique dataset composed of a representative sample of immigrants living in the Netherlands. In theory, SNSs can be a helpful tool for immigrants, because they may help...

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Career Success Networks in China: Sex Differences in Network Composition and Social Exchange Practices

Bu, Nailin; Roy, Jean-Paul - In: Asia Pacific Journal of Management 22 (2005) 4, pp. 381-403

Through structured interviews with 108 senior and middle managers in China, we compared the composition and social exchange practices of Chinese male and female managers' career success networks (CSNs). The results indicated that most of the CSN ties formed by both male and female managers are...

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A Social Network Analysis of Occupational Segregation

Leij, Marco J. van der; Buhai, I. Sebastian - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2008

, then expected homophily in the contact network structure induces different career choices for individuals from different …

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Beyond connectivity: Stock market participation in a network

Balakina, Olga; Bäckman, Claes; Parakhoniak, Anastasiia - 2024

What are the aggregate and distributional consequences of the relationship between an individual's social network and financial decisions? Motivated by several well-documented facts about the influence of social connections on financial decisions, we build and calibrate a model of stock market...

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Tolerating the Intolerant

Aguiar, Fernando; Parravano, Antonio - In: Journal of Conflict Resolution 59 (2015) 1, pp. 29-50

We model a community of individuals whose relationships are governed by the rules of the so-called Heider balance theory, but modified to address the impact of tolerating intolerant individuals. To consider tolerance toward a different group, the elements are assigned one of the two flags, A or...

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Social Networks and Labor Market Inequality between Ethnicities and Races

Toomet, Ott; Leij, Marco van der; Rolfe, Meredith - Tinbergen Instituut - 2012

unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily …

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