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The Effects of Social Networks on Employment and Inequality

Calvó-Armengol, Antoni, Jackson, Matthew O·2004·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/0002828041464542
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We develop a model where agents obtain information about job opportunities through an explicitly modeled network of social contacts. We show that employment is positively correlated across time and agents. Moreover, unemployment exhibits duration dependence: the probability of obtaining a job decreases in the length of time that an agent has been unemployed. Finally, we examine inequality between two groups. If staying in the labor market is costly and one group starts with a worse employment status, then that group's drop-out rate will be higher and their employment prospects will be persistently below that of the other group.

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Authors
Calvó-Armengol, A., & Jackson, M. O.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2004-05-01
Volume
94
Issue
3
Pages
426-454
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/0002828041464542
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W2119224570
Cited by
1,051
References
39
FWCI
79.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
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