Network Partitioning and Social Exclusion under Different Selection Regimes
Posted: 5/21/2019 (CSDE Seminar Series)
Alan Griffith, Assistant Professor of Economics at UW, will compare peer effects of an after-school program, under three different (randomly assigned) network-formation regimes: endogenously formed, popularity vote, and randomly assigned. While most social programs are based on some form of exclusion of sub-populations, we know little about how being excluded, and the selection process, affect social inclusion. He finds substantial evidence of homophily within endogenously-formed and elected networks. When participation was randomly assigned, he finds segregation of friendships due to the program.
Date: 05/24/2019
Time: 12:30-1:30 PM
Location: 121 Raitt Hall