Peer Effects in the Adoption of a Youth Employment Subsidy

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mora-Garcia, Claudio A.; Rau, Tomas
• 署名单位: INCAE Business School; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01047
• 发表日期: 2023-05
• 页码: 614-625
• 关键词: take-up; PARTICIPATION; insurance; pressure

摘要

This paper studies the effects of peers on the adoption of a Youth Employment Subsidy in Chile since its inception. We examine the effects that former classmates' and coworkers' adoption have on one's adoption. Identification comes from discontinuities in the assignment rule that allow us to construct valid instrumental variables for peers' adoption. Using a comprehensive set of administrative records, we find that classmates and especially coworkers play significant roles in the adoption of the subsidy. Peer effects are determined during the early stages of the program's implementation and vary by network characteristics and the strength of network ties.