Abstract
We use de-identified and aggregated data from Facebook to study the structure of social networks across European regions. Social connectedness declines strongly in geographic distance and at country borders. Historical borders and unions—such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Czechoslovakia, and East/West Germany—shape present-day social connectedness over and above today’s political boundaries and other controls. All else equal, social connectedness is stronger between regions with residents of similar ages and education levels, as well as between regions that share a language and religion. In contrast, region-pairs with dissimilar incomes tend to be more connected, likely due to increased migration from poorer to richer regions.
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Bailey, M., Johnston, D., Kuchler, T., Russel, D., State, B., & Stroebel, J. (2020). The Determinants of Social Connectedness in Europe. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 12467 LNCS, pp. 1–14). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60975-7_1
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