Many studies have used self-reported dyadic data without exploiting the pattern of discordant answers. In this paper we … propose a maximum likelihood estimator that deals with mis-reporting in a systematic way. We illustrate the methodology using … dyadic data on inter-household transfers from the village of Nyakatoke in Tanzania, investigating the role of wealth in link …

Using the regression discontinuity design of close gubernatorial elections in the U.S., we identify a significant and … smaller and financially dependent firms, in more corrupt states, in states of connected firms’ headquarters and operations …, and in closer, smaller, and active networks. Post-election, firms connected to the winner receive significantly more state …

for providing support in getting a job, we develop a social interaction model where workers can obtain a job through … either their strong or weak ties. In this model, it is better to meet weak ties because a strong tie does not help in the … state where all best friends are unemployed. But a weak tie can help leaving unemployment in any state because that person …

-executive board of US, UK, French and German companies, we investigate gender differences in the use of social networks and their …,000 in 2008, only 70% of the average $241,000 earned by men. This is not due to differences in age, experience or education … encountered previously in his or her career. We find that executive men's salaries are an increasing function of the number of …

European and US companies. We build a dynamic model of career progression in which career moves both depend upon existing … executives in over 3000 firms. We find evidence that professional networks are relevant both because valuable for the employer …

We develop two different social network models with different economic foundations. In the local-aggregate model, it is … the sum of friends' efforts in some activity that affects the utility of each individual while, in the local-average model …, it is costly to deviate from the average effort of friends. Even though the two models are fundamentally different in …

increase with the level of social interactions in the city because information about jobs is transmitted more rapidly and, as a …

We consider a search-matching model in which black workers are discriminated against and the job arrival rates of all … off in the equilibrium where blacks are close to jobs. We then consider two policies: affirmative action and employment … subsidies to the firms that hire black workers. We show that, in cities where black workers reside far away from jobs, the …

We develop a model in which non-white individuals are defined with respect to their social environment (family, friends …, neighbours) and their attachments to their culture of origin (religion, language), and in which jobs are mainly found through …

This Paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers can be matched together through … social networks and through more efficient, but also more costly, methods. In this framework, decentralized decisions to … utilize social networks in the job search process can be inefficient and give rise to multiple equilibria for some parameters …