We investigate whether the publicly available information on Facebook about job applicants affects employers' hiring … Belgium. The only characteristic in which these candidates differ is the unique Facebook profile that can be found online with … their name. Candidates with the most beneficial Facebook picture obtain approximately 39% more job interview invitations …

within-country disparities. We use social-media data - Facebook interests - to construct novel regional measures of patience …

the environment of social networking sites hostile to many users. We conduct a novel experiment in a Facebook setting to … that participants exposed to civil Facebook interaction are significantly more trusting. In contrast, when the use of … Facebook is accompanied by the experience of online incivility, no significant changes occur in users' behavior. These results …

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …

tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …