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

  • Erik Plug
  • , Bas van der Klaauw
  • , Lennart Ziegler

Publications: Contribution to journalArticlePeer Reviewed

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)268-295
Number of pages28
JournalScandinavian Journal of Economics
Volume120
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

Funding

*This research uses the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The WLS has been supported principally by the National Institute on Aging. We thank seminar and conference participants in Amsterdam, Braga, and Ljubljana, as well as two anonymous referees, for their comments and suggestions. 2We thank the National Institute on Aging (AG-9775), the National Science Foundation (SBR-9320660), the Spencer Foundation, and the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Vilas Estate Trust at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for their support in collecting and disseminating data from the WLS. Only we bear the responsibility for the further analysis or interpretation of these data. Data and documentation from the WLS are available at http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/WLS/wlsearch.htm.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 502002 Labour economics
  • 504030 Economic sociology

Keywords

  • IB
  • Cat2
  • VWL
  • UNITED-STATES
  • HELP
  • INTERGENERATIONAL INCOME MOBILITY
  • TIES
  • intergenerational effects
  • social networks
  • INFORMATION NETWORKS
  • IDENTIFICATION
  • JOB SEARCH
  • occupational choice
  • YOUTH
  • Informal job search
  • SOCIAL NETWORKS
  • UNEMPLOYMENT

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