Making friends: A nonexperimental analysis of social pair formation
Abstract
Economists and psychologists often assume that people sort into groups based on similarities. In this article, the validity of this assumption is examined using pairwise data and a new application of a proven analytical technique. I use a unique administrative data set that follows undergraduate students as they move from quasi-randomly assigned housing into self-selected residence groups; social pair formation is measured using behavior, not...
Paper Details
Title
Making friends: A nonexperimental analysis of social pair formation
Published Date
Nov 1, 2005
Journal
Volume
58
Issue
11
Pages
1443 - 1465
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