Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effectst

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barwick, Panle Jia; Liu, Yanyan; Patacchini, Eleonora; Wu, Qi
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; National Bureau of Economic Research; Cornell University; CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Cornell University; Cornell University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Peking University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20200187
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 1170-1207
• 关键词: labor-market outcomes; strong ties; social networks; job search; diversity; immigrants

摘要

This paper uses the universe of cellphone records from a Chinese telecommunication provider for a northern Chinese city to examine the role of information exchange in urban labor markets. We provide the first direct evidence of increased communication among referral pairs around job changes. Information provided by social contacts mitigates information asymmetry and improves labor market perfor-mance. (JEL D82, J62, O18, P23, P25, R23, Z13)