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Conti G (Department of Economics, University of Chicago)
Galeotti A (Department of Economics, University of Essex)
Mueller G (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))
Pudney S () (Institute for Social and Economic Research)

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What makes you popular among your high-school peers? And what are the la- bor market returns to popularity? We investigate these questions using an objective measure of popularity derived from sociometric theory: the number of friendship nom- inations received from schoolmates. We provide novel evidence that early family en- vironment, school composition and school size play a signi cant role in determining popularity. We show that the estimated wage return to one additional nomination is about 2 percent the popularity premium. This amounts to roughly 40 percent of the return to one more year of education.

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Handle: RePEc:ese:iserwp:2009-03

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