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

In this paper, we examine whether children are better off if their parents have more elaborate 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 form...

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Main Author:	Plug, Erik van der Klaauw, Bas Ziegler, Lennart
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	17.01.2018
Data of publication:	2018-01-17
ISSN:	0347-0520 1467-9442
EISSN:	1467-9442
Discipline:	Economics
Bibliography:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85039728501&partnerID=8YFLogxK http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85039728501&partnerID=8YFLogxK https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/39a05a1f-5d27-497e-b7cc-d2fd5fe1cef6 http://hdl.handle.net/1871.1/39a05a1f-5d27-497e-b7cc-d2fd5fe1cef6 https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12227 Plug , E , van der Klaauw , B & Ziegler , L 2018 , ' Do Parental Networks Pay Off? Linking Children's Labor-Market Outcomes to Their Parents' Friends ' Scandinavian Journal of Economics , vol. 120 , no. 1 , pp. 268-295 . https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12227
Subjects:	intergenerational effects social networks occupational choice Informal job search Economics and Econometrics
Online Access:	Fulltext
Database:	Vrije Universiteit Database information Databases - DBIS