The study of social interactions has enriched both the domain of inquiry of economists and
the way economists conceptualize individual decision making. The review aims to introduce …

Social and economic networks are ubiquitous, serving as contexts for job search, technology
diffusion, the accumulation of human capital, and even the formulation of norms and values …

In this study, researchers examined 170 neighborhoods in a medium-sized city to see
whether walkability influences neighborhood sustainability. Until 2008, there had not been a …

We use a novel research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions on labor
market outcomes. Using Census data on residential and employment locations, we examine …

While interest in social determinants of individual behavior has led to a rich theoretical
literature and many efforts to measure these influences, a mature “social econometrics” has …

Disentangling peer effects from other confounding effects is difficult, and separately
identifying endogenous and contextual effects is impossible for the linear-in-means model …

Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind
that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define …

OBJECTIVES: Within the socio-ecologic framework, diet and physical activity are influenced
by individual, inter-personal, organizational, community, and public policy factors. A basic …

The immobility of houses means that their location affects their values. This explains the
common belief that three things determine the price of a house: location, location, and …

This chapter argues that the most severe problem in the identification of causal
neighbourhood effects is selection bias as a result of selective sorting into neighbourhoods …