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Handbook of Social Economics

Leading economists summarize recent work on social choice theory and empirical research

Jess Benhabib (Edited by), Alberto Bisin (Edited by), Matthew O. Jackson (Edited by)

9780444537072

Hardback, published 26 November 2010

568 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.2 cm, 1.19 kg

How do economists understand and measure normal social phenomena?

Identifying economic strains in activities such as learning, group formation, discrimination, and peer dynamics requires sophisticated data and tools as well as a grasp of prior scholarship. In this volume leading economists provide an authoritative summary of social choice economics, from norms and conventions to the exchange of discrete resources. Including both theoretical and empirical perspectives, their work provides the basis for models that can offer new insights in applied economic analyses.

 

Peer and Neighborhood Effects

  • Identification of Social Interactions (Lawrence E. Blume, William A. Brock, Steven N. Durlauf, and Yannis M. Ioannides)
  • Econometric Methods for the Analysis of Assignmet Problems in the Presence of Complementarity and Social Spillovers (Bryan S. Graham)
  • Peer Effects in Education: A Survey of the Theory and Evidence (Dennis Epple and Richard E. Romano)
  • The Importance of Segregaion, Discrimination, Peer Dynamics, and Identity in Explaining Trends in the Racial Achievement Gap (Roland G. Fryer, Jr.)
  • Labor Markets and Referrals (Giorgio Topa)
  • Labor and Credit Networks in Developing Economies (Kaivan Munshi)
  • Risk Sharing Between Households (Marcel Fafchamps)
  • Neighborhood Effects and Housing (Yannis M. Ioannides)

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], Economics [KC], Sociology [JHB], Society & culture: general [JF]
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