蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
ISSN 2574-0768 (Print) | ISSN 2574-0776 (Online)
Cross-Gender Social Ties around the World
蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings
vol. 115,
May 2025
(pp. 132–38)
Abstract
We introduce, describe, and analyze subnational data on cross-gender friendships for nearly 200 countries and territories, using data from 1.38 trillion ties between 1.8 billion Facebook users. Homophily by gender exists nearly everywhere, with individuals' strongest ties exhibiting less homophily than their peripheral connections. Across countries, cross-gender friendship rates align with existing measures of gender disparities. Within a country, higher cross-gender friending rates correlate with greater support for equal treatment of men and women. In the United States, cross-gender friendships are less common in areas with a larger White population share, higher incomes, and more religious congregations per capita.Citation
Bailey, Michael, Drew Johnston, Theresa Kuchler, Ayush Kumar, and Johannes Stroebel. 2025. "Cross-Gender Social Ties around the World." 蝌蚪网 Papers and Proceedings 115: 132–38. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20251032Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification