Social Networks and Labor Market Entry Barriers: Understanding Inter-industrial Wage Differentials in Urban China
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Keywords
inter-industrial wage differentials; industry monopoly; entry barrier; labor market; social networks; CHIPS data;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2009-10-10 (Development)
- NEP-LAB-2009-10-10 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2009-10-10 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
- NEP-TRA-2009-10-10 (Transition Economics)
- NEP-URE-2009-10-10 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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