Impact of institutions on social network formation: communist party membership and social network investment in China

Abdul Munasib and Xi Tian

Applied Economics, 2015, vol. 47, issue 45, 4829-4846

Abstract: Using the 2003 wave of China General Social Survey (2003CGSS), we study the influence of the communist party on individual's social networks in urban China and, thereby, present a case of socio-political institutions being an important ingredient in social network formation. We adopt a counterfactual framework and estimate the effect of communist party membership on social network investment as an average treatment effect. We find the treatment to be significant.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1037435

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