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| Author: | Glaeser, E.L. Sacerdote, B.I. Scheinkman, J.A. |
| Title: | The social multiplier |
| Journal: | Journal of the European Economic Association
2003 : APR-MAY, VOL. 1:2-3, p. 345-353 |
| Index terms: | Individual behaviour |
| Freeterms: | Social interaction |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Aggregated data is often used to make inferences about individual level behavior. If there are social interactions in which one person's actions influence his/her neighbor's incentives or information, then these inferences are inappropriate. The presence or positive social interactions, or strategic complementarities, implies the existence of a social multiplier where aggregate relationships will overstate individual elasticities. A brief model is presented and the size of social multiplier is estimated in three areas: 1) the impact of education on wages, 2) the impact of demographies on crime and 3) group membership among Dartmouth roommates. |
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