Summary
Over the last decade, developments in both behavioral economics and network theory have offered new models of social interactions. These theories allow to better understand the role of peer influence and externalities in urban segregation and inequality. This Summer School was devoted to the study of the recent advances in these fields. Two leading researchers were invited. Roland Bénabou has delivered a 6 hour lecture on his works on the determinants of pro-social behavior. The second day was dedicated to the presentations of the participants on their own papers. On the last day, Yves Zenou gave a 6 hour lecture on his research on social networks and urban segregation.
The research project “Social Interactions, Stratification and Inequality” (ANR-12-INEG-0002) benefits from the funding of the ANR program “Métamorphoses des societés : Inégalités-inégalité” for the period 2013-2015.
PROGRAM
Economic Incentives, Social Norms and Social Beliefs
LECTURES
10:00-12:00 - Lecture 1
13:30-15:30 - Lecture 2
17:00-19:00 - Lecture 3
SLIDES
- Economic Incentives, Social Norms and Social Beliefs
- Laws and Norms Handout
- Incentives and Norms_Additional Slides_Handout
- Slides from Jia_Persson April 2014
- Slides from Besley_Jensen_Persson March 2014
- Groupthink Handout
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
- Incentives and Prosocial Behavior
Bénabou, R. and J. Tirole
American Economic Review, 96(5), December (2006), 1652-1678 - Laws and Norms
Bénabou R. and J. Tirole
NBER Working Paper 17579, November 2011 - Groupthink : Collective Delusions in Organizations and Markets
Bénabou, R.
Review of Economic Studies (2013) 80, 429-462 - Norms, Enforcement, and Tax Evasion
Besley, T., Jensen, A. and T. Persson
LSE mimeo, February 2014 - Are the Neighbors Cheating ? Evidence from a Social Norm Experiment on Property Taxes in Peru
Del Carpio, M.L.
Princeton University mimeo, April 2014 - Ethnicity in Children and Mixed Marriages : Theory and Evidence from China
Jia, Ruixie and T. Persson
Stockholm University mimeo, March 2014
- 9:10 - Why is central Paris rich and dowtown Detroit poor ? A Laboratory Experiment
Henri Busson (CREM CNRS, University of Rennes 1)
Co-authored with Laurent Denant-Boèmont - 10:10 - Urban Mobility and Informality : A paradox
Ana I. Moreno-Monroy (Global Economics and Management Department, University of Groningen)
Co-authored with Laurent Héctor M. Posada - 11:30 - Effects of Immigration in frictional labor markets : theory and experimental evidence from EU countries
Eva Moreno-Galbis (GRANEM - Université d’Angers, CREST & GAINS - Université du Maine)
Co-authored with Ahmed Tritah
13:30 - Meeting of the ANR group
- 14:00 - School Choice in a Tiebout Model
Francisco Martinez Mora (University of Leicester)
Co-authored with Caterina Calsamiglia and Antonio Miralles - 15:00 - Neighborhood Effect and Labor Market Integration
Matthieu Solignac (Sciences Po, Paris)
Co-authored with Maxime Tô - 16:20 - Search for Jobs or Crimes
Wei Xiao (Stockholm University, Sweden)
Co-authored with Keisuke Kawata and Yasuhiro Sato - 17:20 - Urban Segregation and Cultural Dynamics
Emeline Bezin (Université Catholique de Louvain and INRA SMART)
Co-authored with Fabien Moizeau
Social Networks and Geographical Space
- 10:00-12:00 - Lecture 1
Social Networks : Theories and Applications
Yves Zenou
Urban Spatial Structure, Employment and Social Ties
Pierre M. Picard and Yves Zenou
- 13:30-15:30 - Lecture 2
Social Networks and Interactions in Cities
Robert W. Helsley, Yves Zenou
- 16:15-18:15 - Lecture 3
Spatial versus Social Mismatch
Yves Zenou
Peer Effects : Social or Geographical Distance ?
Carlo Del Bello, Eleonora Patacchini and Yves Zenou
