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Social Welfare and Wage Inequality in Search Equilibrium with Personal Contacts
Zaharieva, Anna - Institut für Mathematische Wirtschaftsforschung, … - 2011
This paper incorporates job search through personal contacts into an equilibrium matching model with a segregated labour market. Job search in the public submarket is competitive which is in contrast with the bargaining nature of wages in the informal job market. Moreover, the social capital of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645296
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Social welfare and wage inequality in search equilibrium with personal contacts
Zaharieva, Anna - 2011
This paper incorporates job search through personal contacts into an equilibrium matching model with a segregated labour market. Job search in the public submarket is competitive which is in contrast with the bargaining nature of wages in the informal job market. Moreover, the social capital of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320002
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The Relationship between Social Capital and Migrant Integration, Ethnic Diversity, and Spatial Sorting
Roskruge, Matthew; Poot, Jacques - 2024
In this paper, we present evidence from quantitative research over the last decade on how the social capital of individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand is associated with birthplace and, for migrants, years since migration. We also consider the effects of spatial sorting and ethnic diversity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014567499
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The relationship between social capital and migrant integration, ethnic diversity, and spatial sorting
Roskruge, Matthew; Poot, Jacques - 2024
In this paper, we present evidence from quantitative research over the last decade on how the social capital of individuals in Aotearoa New Zealand is associated with birthplace and, for migrants, years since migration. We also consider the effects of spatial sorting and ethnic diversity on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014535240
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The Economics of Co-ethnic Employment; Incentives, Welfare Effects and Policy Options
Butter, Frank A.G. den; Masurel, Enno; Mosch, Robert - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004
networks and related high intra-group trust constitute the major reasons for co-ethnic employment by lowering information and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256476
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"Exclusive Intermediation"
Fainmesser, Itay - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2014
In this paper, we argue that an important function fulfilled by intermediaries is to facilitate trust by enabling social pressure towards the enforcement of informal agreements. To that end, we develop a new model that uses network theory to show that intermediaries who have exclusivity over a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196582
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Ambiguity of Social Networks in Post-Communist Contexts
Ledeneva, Alena - Centre for Comparative Economics, School of Slavonic … - 2004
The paper discusses three hypotheses. First, it introduces four ideal types of networks which are combined in the … category of networks as used by social scientists. Four types result from the intersection of two implicit choices made about … networks – networks are assumed to be either personal or impersonal, and are viewed either internally or externally. Thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008631178
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New rules - old games? Social capital and privatisation in France, 1986-1998
Maclean, Mairi - In: Business History 50 (2008) 6, pp. 795-810
This article focuses on social capital among the French business elite, the period under study coinciding with the implementation of privatisation programmes in France from 1986 to 1998. The Chirac government (1986-1988) sought to change the rules of the economic game, the political aspirations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223659
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Social ties and economic development
Anjos, Fernando; Anchorena, Jose - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
We develop a parsimonious general equilibrium model where agents allocate time across three activities: production, trade, and leisure. Leisure includes time spent socializing, which economizes transaction costs. Our framework yields multiple equilibria in terms of the number of social ties and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370822
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Job Contact Networks and the Ethnic Minorities
Seaman, Paul Timothy; Zenou, Yves; Battu, Harminder - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), … - 2010
groups in the UK. Our empirical findings suggest that, though personal networks are a popular method of finding a job for the … differences across ethnic groups with some groups losing out disproportionately from using personal networks. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009317946