Social networks can shape many aspects of social and economic activity: migration and
trade, job-seeking, innovation, consumer preferences and sentiment, public health, social …

We once thought of cyberspace as a borderless world. As the internet has become
increasingly platformized, with a small number of technology giants that dominate the global …

We show how data from online social networking services can help researchers better
understand the effects of social interactions on economic decision making. We combine …

We survey the literature on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks.
We develop a taxonomy of “macro” and “micro” characteristics of social-interaction networks …

We demonstrate the importance of politician social networks for electoral outcomes. Using
large-scale data on family networks from over 20 million individuals in 15,000 villages in the …

Global value chains (GVCs) require new methods for evaluating interconnections among
countries, which can no longer be accurately appraised by standard bilateral gross trade …

A general explanatory framework for the social processes underpinning urbanisation should
account for empirical regularities that are shared among contemporary urban systems and …

Restrictive social norms and strategic constraints imposed by family members can limit
women's access to and benefits from social networks, especially in patrilocal societies. We …

We use de-identified and aggregated data from Facebook to explore the spatial structure of
social networks in the New York metro area. We find that a substantial share of urban …

We investigate whether, how, and why individual education attainment depends on the
educational attainment of schoolmates. Specifically, using longitudinal data on students and …