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Seminar : The Cost of Segregation in Social Networks

Seminar : The Cost of Segregation in Social Networks

Title : The Cost of Segregation in Social Networks

Lecturer : ALLOUCH, Nizar (Queen Mary University, Royaume-Uni)


This paper investigates the private provision of public goods in segregated societies. While most research agrees that segregation undermines public provision, the findings are mixed for private provision: social interactions, being strong within groups and limited across groups, may either increase or impede voluntary contributions. Moreover, although efficiency concerns generally provide a rationale for government intervention, surprisingly, little light is shed in the literature on the potential effectiveness of such intervention in a segregated society. This paper first develops an index based on social interactions, which, roughly speaking, measures the welfare impact of income redistribution in an arbitrary society. It then shows that the proposed index vanishes when applied to large segregated societies, which suggests an 'asymptotic neutrality' of redistributive policies.

Date

Thursday March 20, 2014
Starts at 11:00

Contact

514-340-6053 6991

Place

Université de Montréal - Pavillon André-Aisenstadt
2920, chemin de la Tour
Montréal
QC
Canada
H3T 1N8
514 343-6111
4488

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