CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Molnár, Dániel Ferenc |
|---|---|
| Title | Modeling Homophily in Social Networks: Evidence from Hungarian Schools |
| Summary | In my thesis I examine homophily in Hungarian schools. I use a dataset of friendship networks of students in eighth grade. I find positive inbreeding homophily for both Roma and non-Roma students. Estimating a linear probability model shows that ethnicity, gender and parental education are strong determinants of friendship formation. I construct a micro-level model of friendship formation based on the model by Mayer and Puller (2008). I find that same-ethnicity preferences are responsible for part of the bias in friend composition. Using the calibrated model I conduct a counterfactual experiment of classroom desegregation. I find that this would lead to a reduction in the same-ethnicity bias of friend composition. |
| Supervisor | Lychagin, Sergey |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/molnar_daniel.pdf |
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