Network mechanisms and social ties in markets for low- and unskilled jobs: (theory and) evidence from North-India
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Keywords
Work Migration; Social Networks; Screening; Moral Hazard;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2012-01-03 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-LMA-2012-01-03 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-MIG-2012-01-03 (Economics of Human Migration)
- NEP-NET-2012-01-03 (Network Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2012-01-03 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-URE-2012-01-03 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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