The transmission of continuous cultural traits in endogenous social networks

Hellmann T, Panebianco F. The transmission of continuous cultural traits in endogenous social networks. Center for Mathematical Economics Working Papers. Vol 579. Bielefeld: Center for Mathematical Economics; 2018.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