Marriage Networks, Nepotism, and Labor Market Outcomes in China

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wang, Shing-Yi
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.5.3.91
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 91-112
• 关键词: multitask theory; DISCRIMINATION; earnings; FAMILY; jobs

摘要

This paper considers the role of marriage in improving labor market outcomes through the expansion of an individual's networks. I focus on the impact of the relationship with the father-in-law on a young man's career using panel data from China. The identification strategy isolates the network effects related to a man's father-in-law by examining the post-marriage death of a father-in-law. The estimates suggest that the loss of the father-in-law translates into a decrease in a man's earnings of 7 percent. (JEL D85, J12, J31, O15, P23, P36, Z13)