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dc.contributor.authorBrueckner, Jan Keithen
dc.contributor.authorSmirnov, Olegen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T15:52:09Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T15:52:09Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/18685-
dc.description.abstractThis paper links the two nascent economic literatures on social networks and culturalassimilation by investigating the evolution of population attributes in a simple model whereagents are influenced by their acquaintances. The main conclusion of the analysis is thatattributes converge to a melting-pot equilibrium, where everyone is identical, provided thesocial network exhibits a sufficient degree of interconnectedness. When the model is extendedto allow an expanding acquaintance set, convergence is guaranteed provided a weakerinterconnectedness condition is satisfied, and convergence is rapid. If the intensity ofinteractions with acquaintances becomes endogenous, convergence (when it occurs) is slowedwhen agents prefer to interact with people like themselves and hastened when interaction withdissimilar agents is preferred.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x1320en
dc.subject.jelJ10en
dc.subject.jelJ00en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.stwSoziale Integrationen
dc.subject.stwSoziales Netzwerken
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleWorkings of the melting pot : social networks and the evolution of population attributes-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn477391583en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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