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: Jansson, Fredrik, Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth, Lillehagen, Mats
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Adolescent
adolescents
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Cluster analysis
Clustering
Computer and Information Sciences
cross-ethnic friendships
Cultural identity
diversity
Education
educational choices
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Female
Foreign students
Friendship
Gender
Geodemographics
Group Processes
High schools
Human geography
Humans
Immigrants
integration
interracial friendship
Language
Male
matematik/tillämpad matematik
Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Methods
Models, Psychological
networks
Noncitizens
peer
Peer influence
Peer pressure
Peer relationships
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Preferences
race
Research and Analysis Methods
School districts
Schools
Secondary schools
Segregation
Segregation in education
Social aspects
Social Behavior
Social interaction
Social networks
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Students
Students - psychology
Studies
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adolescents
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Cluster analysis
Clustering
Computer and Information Sciences
cross-ethnic friendships
Cultural identity
diversity
Education
educational choices
Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology
Female
Foreign students
Friendship
Gender
Geodemographics
Group Processes
High schools
Human geography
Humans
Immigrants
integration
interracial friendship
Language
Male
matematik/tillämpad matematik
Mathematics/Applied Mathematics
Methods
Models, Psychological
networks
Noncitizens
peer
Peer influence
Peer pressure
Peer relationships
People and Places
Physical Sciences
Preferences
race
Research and Analysis Methods
School districts
Schools
Secondary schools
Segregation
Segregation in education
Social aspects
Social Behavior
Social interaction
Social networks
Social Sciences
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Students
Students - psychology
Studies
title Segregation within school classes: Detecting social clustering in choice data
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