We investigate the impact of social networks on earnings using a dataset of over 20,000 senior executives of European and US firms. The size of an individual's network of influential former colleagues has a large positive association with current remuneration. An individual at the 75th...

Jiawei Si was a talented student - he completed a BCom honours degree at UWA in 2007, and was awarded a scholarship to complete a PhD thesis to be supervised by the two of us. Jiawei had a disability that must have made life extremely difficult for him, but he displayed great tenacity and...