Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects

Panle Barwick (), Yanyan Liu, Eleonora Patacchini and Qi Wu

American Economic Review, 2023, vol. 113, issue 5, 1170-1207

Abstract: This paper uses the universe of cellphone records from a Chinese telecommunication provider for a northern Chinese city to examine the role of information exchange in urban labor markets. We provide the first direct evidence of increased communication among referral pairs around job changes. Information provided by social contacts mitigates information asymmetry and improves labor market performance.

JEL-codes: D82 J62 O18 P23 P25 R23 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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