Social learning is a rapidly growing field for empirical and theoretical research in economics.
We encounter social learning in many economically important phenomena, such as the …

Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political
decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political …

In July of 2007, we published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that used
dynamic data over 32 years from the Framingham Heart Study Social Network (FHS-Net) to …

Understanding the socially influenced decision-making process that determines voluntary
vaccination is essential for develo** strategies and interventions of vaccine-preventable …

As safe and effective vaccines become widely available, attaining herd immunity and limiting
the spread of COVID-19 will depend on individuals choosing to vaccinate—and doing so …

Quick vaccine rollouts are crucial for a strong economic recovery, but vaccine hesitancy
could prolong the pandemic and the need for social distancing and lockdowns. We use …

OBJECTIVE: Early adolescent alcohol use is a major public health problem. Drinking before
the 14th birthday is associated with a fourfold increase in risk of alcohol dependence in …

Despite the availability of multiple safe vaccines, vaccine hesitancy may present a challenge
to successful control of the COVID-19 pandemic. As with many human behaviors, people's …

How do neighbors positively or negatively influence individuals living in rural Malawi to
learn their HIV results? Using data of location of homes and distance to neighbors, we …

In this paper, we study the effect of peer influence in the diffusion of the iPhone 3G across a
number of communities sampled from a large dataset provided by a major European Mobile …