Segregation within school classes: Detecting social clustering in choice data.

We suggest a new method for detecting patterns of social clustering based on choice data. The method compares similar subjects within and between cohorts and thereby allows us to isolate the effect of peer influence from that of exogenous factors. Using this method on Norwegian register data, we add...

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Main Authors: Fredrik Jansson, Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Mats Lillehagen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233677