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The Impact of Social Networks on Labour Market Outcomes : New Evidence from Cape Breton
Khan, Adnan - 2013
Debates centered on the role of social networks as a determinant of labour market outcomes have a long history in economics and sociology; however, determining causality remains a challenge. In this study we use information on random assignment to a unique intervention to identify the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087055
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How Much is Social Capital Worth?
Helliwell, John F. - 2010
This paper uses data from global and Canadian surveys data to estimate the powerful linkages between social connections, their related social identities, and subjective well-being. Our explanatory variables include several measures of the extent and frequency of use of social networks, combined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143170
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Connecting to Power : Political Connections, Innovation, and Firm Dynamics
Akcigit, Ufuk - 2018
How do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? To answer this question, we … build a firm dynamics model, where we allow firms to invest in innovation and/or political connection to advance their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012909902
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The Impact of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Premature Cancer Mortality in Canada, 2000-2011
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2015
Canada during the period 2000-2011, by investigating whether the cancer sites that experienced more pharmaceutical innovation …The premature cancer mortality rate has been declining in Canada, but there has been considerable variation in the rate … of decline across cancer sites. I analyze the effect that pharmaceutical innovation had on premature cancer mortality in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021477
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Government Sponsored Versus Private Venture Capital : Canadian Evidence
Brander, James A. - 2014
public policy objectives, including value-creation, innovation, and competition. A number of novel data-collection methods …, including value-creation, as measured by the likelihood and size of IPOs and Mamp;As, and innovation, as measured by patents. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751481
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Grilichesian Breakthroughs : Inventions of Methods of Inventing and Firm Entry in Nanotechnology
Darby, Michael R.; Zucker, Lynne G. - 2021
enabling discovery for nanotechnology. Nanotech publishing and patenting has grown phenomenally. Over half of nanotech authors … nanotechnology where and when scientists are publishing breakthrough academic articles. A high average education level is also … similar process appears to have started in nanotechnology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013229104
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Networks and Workouts : Treatment Size and Status Specific Peer Effects in a Randomized Field Experiment
Babcock, Philip - 2010
This paper estimates treatment size and status specific peer effects that are not detected by widely-used approaches to the estimation of spillovers. In a field experiment using university students, we find that subjects who have been incentivized to exercise increase gym usage more if they have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135398
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Friends in High Places
Cohen, Lauren - 2010
We demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians have a significant impact on the voting behavior of U.S. politicians. Networks based on alumni connections between politicians, as well as common seat locations on the chamber floor, are consistent predictors of voting behavior. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137309
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Do Social Connections Reduce Moral Hazard? Evidence from the New York City Taxi Industry
Jackson, C. Kirabo - 2010
This study investigates the role of social networks in aligning the incentives of economic agents in settings with incomplete contracts. We study the New York City taxi industry where taxis are often leased and lessee-drivers have worse driving outcomes than owner-drivers as a result of a moral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139137
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Self Reported Disability and Reference Groups
van Soest, Arthur - 2011
Social networks and social interactions affect individual and social norms. We develop a direct test of this using Dutch survey data on how respondents evaluate work disability of hypothetical people with some work related health problem (vignettes). We analyze how the thresholds respondents use...
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