Inequality, segregation and society

Social networks provide opportunities but can also preserve and even foster inequalities. Advantages that individuals can get in fragmented networks or in core-periphery structures are unequal. We investigate how urban and network structures, social interactions, and network diffusion are related to dynamics of inequalities.

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