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ArticleScientific reports2020

Ethnic markers and the emergence of group-specific norms.

Juan Ozaita, Andrea Baronchelli, Angel Sánchez

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Juan OzaitaGrupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911, Leganés, Madrid, Spain.
Andrea BaronchelliDepartment of Mathematics, City, University of London, London, EC1V 0HB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0255-0829
Angel SánchezGrupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos, Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911, Leganés, Madrid, Spain. anxo@math.uc3m.es.ORCID 0000-0003-1874-2881
Turing Institute · GBUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid · ESUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Observable social traits determine how we interact meaningfully in society even in our globalized world. While a popular hypothesis states that observable traits may help promote cooperation, the alternative explanation that they facilitate coordination has gained ground in recent years. Here we explore this possibility and present a model that investigates the role of ethnic markers in coordination games. In particular, we aim to test the role of reinforcement learning as the microscopic mechanism used by the agents to update their strategies in the game. For a wide range of parameters, we observe the emergence of a collective equilibrium in which markers play an assorting role. However, if individuals are too conformist or too greedy, markers fail to shape social interactions. These results extend and complement previous work focused on agent imitation and show that reinforcement learning is a good candidate to explain many instances where ethnic markers influence coordination.

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PMID33335212
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