Neighborhood and Network Effects

Yves Zenou and Giorgio Topa

No 10126, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: In this chapter, we provide an overview of research on neighborhoods and social networks and their role in shaping behavior and economic outcomes. We include discussion of empirical and theoretical analyses of the role of neighborhoods and social networks in crime, education and labor-market outcomes. In particular, we discuss in detail identification problems in peer, neighborhood and network effects and the policy implications of integrating the social and the geographical space, especially for ethnic minorities.

Keywords: Ethnic minorities; Group-based policies; Labor economics; Neighborhoods; Social Networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 D85 J15 J64 K42 R14 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-09
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-net, nep-soc and nep-ure
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