Social Interactions and Social Capital
Community Affairs Research Seminar Series
Cleveland, Ohio
November 21, 2008
Proceedings
While social interactions has been a main focus of sociological research, as recently as the late 1960s, conventional economics followed a more individualistic approach to analyzing how people make decisions. Homo economicus operated within his own bubble, maximizing his individual utility within given constraints. Whether choosing how hard to work or what to consume, decisions were always based on what delivered the largest personal return for given market prices and budgets. (read more)
Agenda
9:15 - 11:45
Steven Durlauf: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Social Capital: The Challenge for Research
Paper
Ethan Cohen-Cole: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Social networks and Personal Bankruptcy
Presentation
Tanya Rosenblat: Iowa State University
Informal Lending and Social Networks
Presentation
Mary Burke: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Discussion
Presentation
12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Jane Cooley: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Desegregation and the Achievement Gap: Do Diverse Peers Help?
Presentation
1:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Mark Joseph: Case Western Reserve University
The Possibilities and Challenges of Mixed-Income Development: Emerging Findings from Chicago
Presentation
Deven Carlson: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Long-Term Effects of Public Low-Income Housing Vouchers on Work, Earnings, and Neighborhood Quality
Presentation
Bruce Weinberg: Ohio State University
Social Interactions with Endogenous Associations – Discussion
Presentation