The transmission of continuous cultural traits in endogenous social networks

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We study a model of transmission of continuous cultural traits across generations where children learn their cultural trait from their parents and their social environment modeled by a network. Parents can engage in the socialization process of their children by biasing links in the network in order for their children to adopt a cultural trait similar to their own. In this endogenous network, we study the emergence of positive and negative role models, the existence of a steady state cultural trait, its characterization in terms long-run influence of each dynasty, and the speed of convergence.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers ; No. 579

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Sociology of Economics ; Noncooperative Games ; Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness ; Network Formation and Analysis: Theory ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Subject: Cultural transmission ; Social networks ; Persistence of cultural traits ; Network Formation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hellmann, Tim ; Panebianco, F.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Bielefeld University, Center for Mathematical Economics (IMW)
• (where): Bielefeld
• (when): 2018

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/175880
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29168149
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET