Do Parental Networks Pay Off? Linking Children's Labor-Market Outcomes to their Parents' Friends

This paper examines whether children are better off if their parents have stronger social networks. Using data on high-school friendships of parents, we analyze whether the number and characteristics of friends affect the labor-market outcomes of children. While parental friendships formed in high s...

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Main Author:	Plug, Erik Klaauw, Bas Ziegler, Lennart
Format:	Publication
Language:	English
Place of publication:	Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Bonn 01.05.2015
Data of publication:	2015-05-01
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Dewey Decimal Classification:	330
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	occupational choice, informal job search, intergenerational effects, social networks intergenerational effects social networks occupational choice Informal job search Economics and Econometrics
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	OpenAIRE (Open Access) OpenAIRE Database information Databases - DBIS