A model of social distance is presented that is useful for understanding social decisions.
Status and conformity in previous models are discussed, and then a generalization is …

Social norms are often posited as an explanation of differences in economic behavior and
performance of societies that are difficult to explain by differences in endowments and …

The widely varied meanings of the term “social structure” rob it of usefulness. Following
Durkheim, social structure should refer to extra-individual, positively ascertainable social …

This article describes micro-macro processes through which simple structural conditions
cause a nominal characteristic such as gender or race to acquire independent status value …

This paper discusses the small groups literature on status organizing processes in decision-
making groups whose members differ in external status. This literature demonstrates that …

We study the formation of preferences forsocial status' as the result of intergenerational
transmission of cultural traits. We characterize the behavior of parents with preferences for …

Social distinction or status is an important motivation of human behaviour. This paper
provides a selective survey of recent advances in the economic analysis of the origins and …

Recent work in economics has begun to integrate sociological ideas into the modeling of
individual behavior. In particular, this new approach emphasizes how social context and …

There have been calls from several sources recently for a renewal of class analysis that
would encompass social and cultural, as well as economic elements. This paper explores a …

Exchange theories of mate selection argue that persons who have a lower status than their
partner in one respect tend to have a higher status than their partner in another. A relative …