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DESCRIPTION:Network Effects and Social Inequality:How Do Mechanisms Matter?
 \n \n \nFiliz Garip (Cornell)\n \nSeveral bodies of research suggest that 
 under many conditions social networks amplify ineq­ual­ity in access to or
  adoption of practices that contribute to actors’ welfare.  Most of this w
 ork has remained suggestive\, however\, due to two prob­lems.  First\, ina
 ttention to\, and lack of con­sensus about\, mechanisms of influ­ence impe
 des interpretation of results and cumulation of knowledge. Second\, few da
 ta sets have the required detail --- over-time measure­ment of com­p­lete 
 social networks and member behaviors – to draw confident conclus­ions.  In
  this paper we address both of these questions.   First\, we argue that ne
 twork effects operate through three major families of mechanisms – network
  externalities\, social facilitation\, and normative influ­ence – each of 
 which can best be expressed through a distinctive set of related functiona
 l forms.   Second\, to explore the implication of these different mechanis
 ms (in the absence of suitably fine-grained data)\, we use computational m
 odels of the diffusion of practices through social networks given varying 
 levels of homophily to explore the implication of each mechanism for overa
 ll and group-specific diffusion rates and equilibrium adoption levels\, an
 d for inter­group inequality in rates and levels of adoption.
DTSTART:20171013T183000Z
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LOCATION:Room 738\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 r
 ue Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Network Effects & Social Inequality: How do Mechanisms Matter?
URL:/sociology/channels/event/network-effects-social-i
 nequality-how-do-mechanisms-matter-275014
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