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The ties that bind us: social networks and productivity in the factory
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Sharma, Swati - 2020
caste-based social networks on individual and group productivity when workers are complements in the production function but …-days, we find that a 1 percentage point increase in the share of own caste workers in the line increases daily individual … when the production line has a more homogeneous caste composition. Production externalities that impose financial costs due …
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Characterizing social networks and their effects on income diversification in rural Kerala, India
Johny, Judit; Wichmann, Bruno; Swallow, Brent M. - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 94 (2017), pp. 375-392
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Social Capital as Social Networks. A New Framework for Measurement
Sabatini, Fabio - 2005
The contribution of this paper to the social capital literature is twofold. Drawing on the Italian data, it firstly provides a new framework for measurement, allowing to build indicators for five different components of the multidimensional concept of social capital. Secondly, it provides a...
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Chapter 26. Social Capital
Durlauf, Steven N.; Fafchamps, Marcel - 2005
This chapter surveys research on social capital. We explore the concepts that motivate the social capital literature, efforts to formally model social capital using economic theory, the econometrics of social capital, and empirical studies of the role of social capital in various socioeconomic...
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The cultural foundations of economic failure : a conceptual toolkit
Collier, Paul - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 126 (2016) 2, pp. 5-24
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Identification of social interactions
Blume, Lawrence E.; Brock, William A.; Durlauf, Steven N.; … - 2010
While interest in social determinants of individual behavior has led to a rich theoretical literature and many efforts to measure these influences, a mature social econometrics has yet to emerge. This chapter provides a critical overview of the identification of social interactions. We consider...
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Social Networks and Labor Market Inequality between Ethnicities and Races
Toomet, Ott; van der Leij, Marco; Rolfe, Meredith - 2012
This paper analyzes the relationship between unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on the other hand. Our analysis is based on both U.S. and Estonian surveys, supplemented with Estonian telephone...
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Social networks and wages: It is all about connections!
Sylos Labini, Mauro - 2005
Empirical evidence suggests that networks of personal relations are important in the micro dynamics of labor markets: even in modern capitalistic economies a high share of jobs are filled by social referrals. This paper aims at shedding light on an apparent puzzle concerning the relationship...
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Mothers, Friends and Gender Identity
Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2013
This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...
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Why Are East Germans Not More Mobile? Analyzing the Impact of Local Networks on Migration Intentions
Boenisch, Peter; Schneider, Lutz - 2010
Despite poor regional labour market conditions East Germans exhibit a rather limited willing-ness of leaving their home region. Applying an IV ordered probit approach and using the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP), we test a local network explanation of lower spatial mobility. Firstly, we find...
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