Data and Code for: Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Panle Barwick, Department of Economics, UW-Madison and NBER; Yanyan Liu, International Food Policy Research Institute and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University; Eleonora Patacchini, Department of Economics, Cornell University; Qi Wu, Department of Applied Economics, Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

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Citation:

Barwick, Panle, Liu, Yanyan, Patacchini, Eleonora, and Wu, Qi. Data and Code for: Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects: Replication. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2023. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-04-20. https://doi.org/10.3886/E183161V1-142417

To view the citation for the overall project, see http://doi.org/10.3886/E183161V1.

Project Description

Summary: 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.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Information; Mobile Communication; Urban Labor Market; Social Networks

JEL Classification:
      J60 Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General
      L15 Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility
      R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics

Geographic Coverage: China

Data Type(s): administrative records data; geographic information system (GIS) data; survey data

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