Peer effects in employment status: Evidence from housing lotteries

被引：7
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作者：
Kondo, Ayako [1 ]
Shoji, Masahiro [2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Tokyo, Inst Social Sci, Bunkyo Ku, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1130033, Japan
[2] Seijo Univ, Fac Econ, Setagaya Ku, 6-1-20 Seijo, Tokyo 1578511, Japan
来源：
JOURNAL OF URBAN ECONOMICS | 2019年 / 113卷
基金：
日本学术振兴会;
关键词：
Peer effect; Employment; Natural experiment; LABOR-MARKET OUTCOMES; ECONOMIC-ANALYSIS; ETHNIC ENCLAVES; JOB SEARCH; NETWORKS; NEIGHBORHOODS; INCENTIVES; NORMS;
D O I：
10.1016/j.jue.2019.103195
中图分类号：
F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
Does a high peer employment rate increase individual employment probability? We exploit the random assignment of temporary housing to evacuees of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident to identify the effect of neighbors' employment rates on an individual's probability of finding a job post-evacuation. Using unique survey data, we find that a one percentage-point increase in the initial employment rate of an individual's peers increases the probability of employment after six months by about 0.2 percentage points. We also show suggestive evidence to indicate that the social norm to work serves as an underlying mechanism of the observed peer effect despite data limitations.
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