Social Networks and Employment Performances: Evidence from Rural – Urban Migration in Vietnam

Anh Dang

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Abstract: This paper considers the effects of social network on income and employment dynamics of rural-urban migrants in Vietnam. Estimation of a causal effect is challenging because unobserved factors affects both employment performances and social networks. I address this endogeneity problem by using instrumental variable method. The results suggest that social networks improve migrant’s earnings and make wage earners willing to change their jobs.

Keywords: migration; social network; employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D02 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-10-26
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-mig, nep-sea, nep-soc and nep-tra
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Chapter: Social Networks and Employment Performance: Evidence from Rural–Urban Migration in Vietnam (2019)
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