We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data … network. Specifically rural low-ability weavers are found to improve their performance as their high-ability teammates (who …

This paper reports the results of a laboratory experiment on network formation among heterogeneous agents. The … experimental design extends the basic Bala-Goyal (2000) model of network formation with decay and two-way flow of benefits by … network has a star structure. We find that with homogeneous agents, equilibrium predictions fail completely. In contrast, with …

network formation. While the physics/applied mathematics approach is capable of reproducing most observed networks, it does …

Workers are embedded within a network of social relationships and can communicate through word-of-mouth. They can find …. We show that, when the network size increases, on average, the unemployed workers hear about more vacancies through their … social network but, at the same time, it is more likely that multiple vacancies reach the same unemployed worker. Above a …

contact with their former colleagues. This implies that the positive feedback (social network effects) that has been found by …

Since the 1980s, China's government has eased restrictions on internal migration. This easing, along with rapid growth … China, especially during the 1990s. However, other important economic and socio-political determinants of interprovincial … gravity model of interprovincial migration in China that includes as explanatory variables: migrant networks in the …

Using nationally representative data in China, we find substantial positive partial correlations of both parents …

Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools … extraordinary surge of migration within China. In this study of interprovincial Chinese migration, we address two questions. First …

this hypothesis using data on temporary rural-urban migrants in China. The size of a migrant's social-family network is …We hypothesize that individuals with a larger social-family network are more likely to choose self-employment. We test … social-family network exactly because he is self-employed. For this reason, a simple correlation between the probability of …