Marriage Networks, Nepotism and Labor Market Outcomes in China

Wang, Shing-Yi B.

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“…Finally, we find that the "marriage hedonic enjoyment" is generally larger for men than for women which is consistent with the male marital wage-premium observed in China (see Wang, 2013). We also find that the "marriage hedonic enjoyment" is larger for permanent migrants than for floating migrants which reflects the fact that permanent migrants do enjoy urban amenities (incl.…”

Section: Migration In Chinasupporting

confidence: 87%

Migration in China: To Work or to Wed?

Dupuy¹

2018

SSRN Journal

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Section: Migration In Chinasupporting

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Migration in China: To Work or to Wed?

Dupuy¹

2018

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“…Using data from Sweden, one study provides evidence that parents often help their children find jobs at the firm where they work [10]. A study using Chinese data shows that men whose fathers-in-law die experience significant drops in earnings, which is consistent with nepotism [11]. The idea is that men receive labor market assistance from their fathers-in-law (including getting help with being considered for higher paying jobs, perhaps in a nepotistic manner) and that such assistance ends upon a death.…”

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The value of hiring through employee referrals in developed countries

Hoffman¹

2017

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“…This process of group mobility is described in greater detail below. For the moment, it suffices to note that labor markets in developing countries continue to be heavily networked, as documented, for example, in studies from China (Bian 1994;Zhang and Li 2003;Giles, Park, and Cai 2006;Wang 2013), South Africa (Magruder 2010), and India (Munshi and Rosenzweig 2006).…”

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“…To document the benefits that social networks provide their members, it is first necessary to define the relevant community-that is, the population from which the network is drawn. In China, urban networks appear to be restricted to relatives and friends (Bian 1994;Zhang and Li 2003;Wang 2013). …”

Section: Community Network In Developing Economiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is, however, possible to identify network effects even when this is not the case, as long as there is exogenous variation across networks or communities, by deriving and testing additional predictions from the theory. This approach has also been followed by an emerging literature on community networks in economics (for example, Luke and Munshi 2006;Magruder 2010;Beaman 2012;Wang 2013).…”

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Community Networks and the Process of Development

Munshi

2014

Journal of Economic Perspectives

115

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My objective in this paper is to lay the groundwork for a new network-based theory of economic development. The first step is to establish that community-based networks are active throughout the developing world. Plenty of anecdotal and descriptive evidence supports this claim. However, showing that these networks improve the economic outcomes of their members is more of a challenge. Over the course of the paper, I will present multiple strategies that have been employed to directly or indirectly identify network effects. The second step is to look beyond a static role for community networks, one of overcoming market failures and improving the outcomes of their members in the short-run, to examine how these informal institutions can support group mobility. A voluminous literature documents the involvement of communities in internal and international migration, both historically and in the contemporary economy. As with the static analysis, the challenge here is to show statistically that community networks directly support the movement of groups of individuals. I will show how predictions from the theory can be used to infer a link between networks and migration in very different contexts.

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Marriage Networks, Nepotism and Labor Market Outcomes in China

Cited by 5 publications

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Migration in China: To Work or to Wed?

Migration in China: To Work or to Wed?

The value of hiring through employee referrals in developed countries

Community Networks and the Process of Development

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