treatment causal impact. In order to account for peer effects in program response, we use a social network model. We estimate …

Workers are embedded within a network of social relationships and can communicate through word-of-mouth. They can find …. We show that, when the network size increases, on average, the unemployed workers hear about more vacancies through their … social network but, at the same time, it is more likely that multiple vacancies reach the same unemployed worker. Above a …

We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data … network. Specifically rural low-ability weavers are found to improve their performance as their high-ability teammates (who …

. This paper investigates why the use of social network to find jobs is so prevalent among rural-urban migrants in China, and … impact of network use on wages. Using job contacts brings open access to urban employment, but at the cost of markedly lower …

contact with their former colleagues. This implies that the positive feedback ("social network effects") that has been found …

angesichts von Demografie, Globalisierung und Technologiefortschritt nicht ihren eigenen wirtschaftlichen Erfolg aufs Spiel …

lower bound estimate, because Germans are rather globalization-friendly and we are looking at quality papers, not tabloids. …

to the relative marginal productivity levels of workers. This paper investigates the role of globalization on the … labor demand. The results suggest that more exposure to globalization through increased exports is associated with lower …

patterns are driven by changes in technology and globalization which have made communication and management skills more …