The propagations of diseases, behaviors and information in real systems are rarely
independent of each other, but they are coevolving with strong interactions. To uncover the …

ABSTRACT A growing body of work suggests that education offers a wide-range of benefits
that extend beyond increases in labor market productivity. Improvements in education can …

This chapter summarizes the recent literature on peer effects in student outcomes at the
elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Linear-in-means models find modest …

Background The prevalence of smoking has decreased substantially in the United States
over the past 30 years. We examined the extent of the person-to-person spread of smoking …

There is a strong, positive, and well-documented correlation between education and health
outcomes. In this paper, we attempt to understand to what extent this relationship is causal …

Tobacco taxation is an essential component of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy.
However, to fully realize the benefits it is vital to understand the impact of increased taxes …

This article evaluates the substantive consequences of judicial diversity on the US Courts of
Appeals. Due to the small percentage of racial minorities on the federal bench, the key …

This study is the first to estimate peer effects for adolescent weight. We use data from the
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) and define peer groups …

Many years of concerted policy effort in Western countries has not prevented young people
from experimenting with cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. One potential explanation is that …

In July of 2007, we published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that used
dynamic data over 32 years from the Framingham Heart Study Social Network (FHS-Net) to …