The foundations of socioeconomic inequities and the educational outcomes of efforts to
reduce gaps in socioeconomic status are of great interest to researchers around the world …

We evaluate the effect of an educational program that aims to build social cohesion in
ethnically mixed schools by developing perspective-taking ability in children. The program is …

We examine how the speed of learning and best-response processes depends on
homophily: the tendency of agents to associate disproportionately with those having similar …

This paper proposes an empirical model of network formation, combining strategic and
random networks features. Payoffs depend on direct links, but also link externalities. Players …

This paper documents the structure and composition of social networks on university
campuses and investigates the processes that lead to their formation. Using administrative …

Controlled choice over public schools attempts giving parents selection options while
maintaining diversity of different student types. In practice, diversity constraints are often …

We study from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective how a network of military
alliances and enmities affects the intensity of a conflict. The model combines elements from …

We explore the influence of genetic variation on subjective well-being by employing a twin
design and genetic association study. In a nationally representative twin sample, we first …

We analyze a model of R&D alliance networks where firms are engaged in R&D
collaborations that lower their production costs while competing on the product market. We …

Abstract1 The paper analyzes school choice in primary schools in Germany. The data used
is from Wuppertal, a major city in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), where primary school …