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Segregation in networks
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Fagiolo, Giorgio; Valente, Marco; Vriend, Nicolaas J.
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| Abstract | Schelling (Schelling, T., 1969. Models of segregation. American Economic Review 59, 488–493; Schelling, T., 1971a. Dynamic models of segregation. Journal of Mathematical Sociology 1, 143–186; Schelling, T., 1971b. On the ecology of micromotives. The Public Interest 25, 61–98; Schelling, T., 1978. Micromotives and Macrobehavior. W.W. Norton and Company, New York) considered a model with individual agents who only care about the types of people living in their own local neighborhood. The spatial structure was represented by a one- or two-dimensional lattice. Schelling showed that an integrated society will generally unravel into a rather segregated one even though no individual agent strictly prefers this. We generalize this spatial proximity model to a proximity model of segregation, examining models with individual agents who interact 'locally' in a range of more general social network structures. The levels of segregation attained are in line with those reached in the lattice-based spatial proximity model. |
| Classification | General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories |
| Free Keywords | Spatial proximity model; Social segregation; Schelling; Proximity preferences; Social networks; Undirected graphs; Best-response dynamics |
| Document language | English |
| Publication Year | 2007 |
| Page/Pages | p. 316-336 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 64 (2007) 3-4 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2006.09.003 |
| Status | Postprint; reviewed |
| Licence | PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project) |
| Document Type | journal article |
