Networks and Economic Behavior

Jackson, Matthew O.

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“…26 Our analysis has some limitations. In our sample, there are relatively few individuals who left their parents' home and then returned.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Since the median age of leaving the parental home is around 21-22 for females and 22-24 for males (see, e.g., Iacovou, 2002), we then use the follow-up data in 7 For a general discussion and overview on these issues, see Blume et al (2011), Goldsmith-Pinkham and Imbens (2013), Graham (2015), and Jackson et al (2015). 8 A similar modeling approach is used by Goldsmith-Pinkham and Imbens (2013) and Hsieh and Lee (2014 [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] to derive information on nestleaving decisions. In our sample, about 14,000 students are coresidents with parents in Wave I and about half of them leave the nest in Wave III (excluding homeless and those with missing values).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Residential choices of young Americans

Patacchini

Arduini

2016

Journal of Housing Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. Terms of use: Documents inIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available directly from the author.IZA Discussion Paper No. 10186 September 2016 ABSTRACT Residential Choices of Young Americans *Using detailed data on a cohort of young Americans who were in their late twenties and early thirties in 2008, we investigate the importance of forces different from economic incentives in nest-leaving decisions. We apply recent methods from social network econometrics to identify the importance of peers net of confounding factors. For the entire sample, our findings reveal no evidence of peer effects. Indicators of parenting and the social structure of families appear to be the major factors in the decisions to coreside with parents. However, for those who moved back home after a few years of living alone, we find strong peer effects. These findings are consistent with theories of social influences in peer groups in which peers play a critical role for individuals with time-inconsistent preferences.JEL Classification: A14, C21, D85, R21, Z13

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“…26 Our analysis has some limitations. In our sample, there are relatively few individuals who left their parents' home and then returned.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Residential choices of young Americans

Patacchini

Arduini

2016

Journal of Housing Economics

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“…Social ties (or 'links') allow for exchange of valuable information. For example, personal contacts play a large role in information about job opportunities and referrals, suggesting an important effect of social interaction on employment outcomes and wages (see Jackson, 2009, for a review of the literature). Social interaction can also provide other economic opportunities, including trade, favor exchange, or economic support such as risk sharing and other valuable joint endeavors (Angelucci et al, 2012).…”

Section: Social Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Melting pot or salad bowl: the formation of heterogeneous communities

Advani¹,

Reich

2015

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Relatively little is known about what determines whether a heterogenous population ends up in a cooperative or divisive situation. This paper proposes a theoretical model to understand what social structures arise in heterogeneous populations. Individuals face a trade-off between cultural and economic incentives: an individual prefers to maintain his cultural practices, but doing so can inhibit interaction and economic exchange with those who adopt different practices. We find that a small minority group will adopt majority cultural practices and integrate. In contrast, minority groups above a certain critical mass, may retain diverse practices and may also segregate from the majority. The size of this critical mass depends on the cultural distance between groups, the importance of culture in day to day life, and the costs of forming a social tie. We test these predictions using data on migrants to the United States in the era of mass migration, and find support for the existence of a critical mass of migrants above which social structure in heterogeneous populations changes discretely towards cultural distinction and segregation.

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“…We consider a number of social outcomes with well-established associations with college attainment, employment, and earnings. Social attributes that we anticipate will largely associate with higher human capital include: number of close friends, due to the known advantage of social networks for employment (Jackson, 2009; Lin, 1999); marriage, due to the established association of marriage with employment and earnings, especially for men (Ahituv & Lerman, 2007; Bardasi & Taylor, 2008; Waite & Lehrer, 2003); and, personality and mental health, because they have been shown to associate with success at work and school (Fletcher, 2010; Hough & Oswald, 2000; Lagerveld et al, 2010; Lerner & Henke, 2008; Luo, Cowell, Musuda, Novak, & Johnsons, 2010; Spenner, 1988). Social attributes that we anticipate to associate with lower human capital include: cohabitation, due to some evidence of its correlation with lower attainment in school and at work (Cohen, 2002; Smock, 2000); and, sexual behavior and fertility, due to their correlations with less educational attainment and employment, especially among women (Braithwaite, Delevi, & Fincham, 2010; Budig & Hodges, 2010; Grogger & Bronars, 1993; Sibulkin & Butler, 2005).…”

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I. Introduction

2013

Monographs Society Res Child

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Beauty has a well-documented impact on labor market outcomes with both legal and policy implications. This monograph investigated whether this stratification is rooted in earlier developmental experiences. Specifically, we explored how high schools’ dual roles as contexts of social relations and academic progress contributed to the long-term socioeconomic advantages of being physically attractive. Integrating theories from multiple disciplines, the conceptual model of this study contends that physically attractive youths’ greater social integration and lesser social stigma help them accumulate psychosocial resources that support their academic achievement while also selecting them into social activities that distract from good grades. A mixed-methods design, combining statistical analyses of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health and qualitative analyses of a single high school, supported and expanded this model. The data revealed that the benefits of attractiveness flowed through greater social integration but were partially offset by social distractions, especially romantic/sexual partnerships and alcohol-related problems. Interview and ethnographic data further revealed that adolescents themselves understood how physical attractiveness could lead to favorable treatment by teachers and classmates while also enticing youth to emphasize socializing and dating, even when the latter took time from other activities (like studying) and marginalized some classmates. These patterns, in turn, predicted education, work, family, and mental health trajectories in young adulthood. The results of this interdisciplinary, theoretically grounded, mixed methods study suggest that adolescence may be a critical period in stratification by physical appearance and that the underlying developmental phenomena during this period are complex and often internally contradictory. The monograph concludes with discussion of theoretical and policy implications and recommendations for future developmental research.

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Networks and Economic Behavior

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Residential choices of young Americans

Residential choices of young Americans

Melting pot or salad bowl: the formation of heterogeneous communities

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