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Using Your Ties to Get a Worse Job? The Differential Effects of Social Networks on Quality of Employment in Colombia
Deguilhem, Thibaud - 2018
This article examines the effect of social networks by investigating how mobilizing family, friendship or kindship ties in job searches affects the quality of employment (QoE) using a mixed approach. Drawing from socioeconomic literature on the segmented labor market, the authors propose an...
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The Development of SMEs in Turkey
Nurrachmi, Rininta Nurrachmi; Abd Samad, Khairunnisa; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
observe the SME condition, its contribution to economic development in Turkey as well as to explore the constraints, issue and …SMEs have become key catalyst for economic development in Turkey. As the member of EU, SMEs in Turkey is open to … vulnerable of Turkey’s economic condition and other issues have cause difficulty to the SMEs to develop. Hence, this paper will …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260097
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Inclusive Growth Through Creation of Human and Social Capital
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
, confidence and cooperation, to commit themselves to each other (i.e. reciprocity), and thereby to knit the social fabric. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271694
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Social Networks and the Decision to Insure
Cai, Jing; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Using data from a randomized experiment in rural China, this paper studies the influence of social networks on weather insurance adoption and the mechanisms through which social networks operate. To quantify network effects, the experiment offers intensive information sessions about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258983
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Some Inquiries to Spontaneous Opinions: A case with Twitter in Indonesia
Maulana, Ardian; Situngkir, Hokky - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The paper discusses opportunities to utilize the series of micro-blogs as provided by the Twitter in observation of opinion dynamics. The spontaneity of tweets is more, as the service is attached more to the mobile communications. The extraction of information in the series of tweets is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008695068
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SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH DECISIONS: A CASE OF TWO VILLAGES OF TAMIL NADU
K., Srinivasan; Raka, Sharan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
A common question always had been of interest to understand as to how people make decisions. It is well known that decisions are not made in isolation but they are the products of influence and confluence of social correlates. Studies of some Sociologists report that often decisions are made in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787114
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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention
Gaudeul, Alexia; Mathieu, Laurence; Peroni, Chiara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of similarly minded individuals. Bloggers value reciprocal attention, interaction with other bloggers and information from reading other blogs; they value being read but also writing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835407
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GAME INFORMATION, LOCAL HEROES, AND THEIR EFFECT ON ATTENDANCE: THE CASE OF THE JAPANESE BASEBALL LEAGUE
yamamura, eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Can professional sports teams develop their fan base and increase attendance by using players from their same hometown? In the Japanese Professional Baseball League, the starting pitcher is announced prior to the game in the Pacific League but not in the Central League. Considering...
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Le Capital Social: Entre Evidences Théoriques et Balbutiemments Empiriques
Yogo, Urbain Thierry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper surveys research on social capital with a specific emphasis on Africa studies. We explore deeply the definition and the main dimensions of social capital, following Bourdieu, Coleman and Putnam. We also question the formation of social capital and address the issue of measurement. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502735
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What Discourages Participation in the Lay Judge System (Saiban’in Seido) of Japan? Interaction between the Secrecy Requirement and Social Networks
Yamamura, Eiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The lay judge system, a quasi-jury system, was introduced in Japan from May 2009. This paper attempts to analyze Japanese people’s attitude towards this system by examining whether they show a willingness to serve as a lay judge. The major findings from regression analysis are: (1) In general,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529224