An overview of social networks and economic applications

MO Jackson - Handbook of social economics, 2011‏ - Elsevier
In this chapter, I provide an overview of research on social networks and their role in
sha** behavior and economic outcomes. I include discussion of empirical and theoretical …

Social networks and the identification of peer effects

P Goldsmith-Pinkham, GW Imbens - Journal of Business & …, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
There is a large and growing literature on peer effects in economics. In the current article, we
focus on a Manski-type linear-in-means model that has proved to be popular in empirical …

Ethnic networks and employment outcomes

E Patacchini, Y Zenou - Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012‏ - Elsevier
This paper explores the relationship between residential proximity of individuals from the
same ethnic group and the probability of finding a job through social networks, relative to …

An empirical model for strategic network formation

N Christakis, J Fowler, GW Imbens… - The econometric analysis …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
We develop and analyze a tractable empirical model for strategic network formation that can
be estimated with data from a single network at a single point in time. We model the network …

Identity, homophily and in-group bias

S Currarini, F Mengel - European Economic Review, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Many instances of social interaction display either or both of the following well-documented
phenomena. People tend to interact with similar others (homophily). They also tend to treat …

Homophily and long-run integration in social networks

Y Bramoullé, S Currarini, MO Jackson, P Pin… - Journal of Economic …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
We model network formation when heterogeneous nodes enter sequentially and form
connections through both random meetings and network-based search, but with type …

A simple model of homophily in social networks

S Currarini, J Matheson, F Vega-Redondo - European Economic Review, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Biases in meeting opportunities have been recently shown to play a key role for the
emergence of homophily in social networks (see Currarini et al., 2009). The aim of this paper …

Compliance behavior in networks: Evidence from a field experiment

F Drago, F Mengel, C Traxler - American Economic Journal: Applied …, 2020‏ - aeaweb.org
This paper studies the spread of compliance behavior in neighborhood networks in Austria.
We exploit a field experiment that varied the content of mailings sent to potential evaders of …

Who is the key player? A network analysis of juvenile delinquency

LF Lee, X Liu, E Patacchini, Y Zenou - Journal of Business & …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a methodology for empirically identifying the key player, whose removal
from the network leads to the optimal change in aggregate activity level in equilibrium …

Racial identity and education in social networks

E Patacchini, Y Zenou - Social Networks, 2016‏ - Elsevier
We investigate identity issues to explain differences in school performance between
students of different races. Using a unique dataset of friendship relationships between …