This paper investigates the determinants of school friendship networks among adolescents, proposing a model of network …, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden. We test the idea that networks arise according to homophily along many characteristics …

reduce such costs through their specific knowledge of the employer, their country of birth and access to foreign networks. We …

examining school friendship networks in five European countries with recent immigration. Our results highlight the force of …

This paper analyzes the role of networks in the access of female entrepreneurs to start-up capital and firm performance … less educated counterparts. Moreover, women who receive support from professional networks have higher initial capital …, while those trained in financial literacy more often access external funding sources, including through their networks. …

French-(Italian-) speaking destinations, but not vice versa. Contrasting the language match with co-ethnic networks, we find … that high quality networks are acting as a substitute rather than a complement. …