Social Insurance Networks
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Forfattere:
Markussen, Simen og Knut Røed
År:
2012
Referanse:
Andre skrifter
IZA Discussion paper no 6446
Sammendrag (engelsk)
Based on administrative panel data from Norway, we examine how social insurance dependency spreads within neighborhoods, families, ethnic minorities, and among former schoolmates. We use a fixed effects methodology that accounts for endogenous group formation, contextual interactions, and time-constant as well as time-varying confounders. We report evidence that social insurance dependency is contagious. The estimated network effects are both quantitatively and statistically significant, and they rise rapidly with “relational closeness” in a way that establishes endogenous social interaction as a central causal mechanism. Social interactions do not cross ethnic borders.
Nøkkelord:
social interaction, social multiplier, work norms, peer effects
JEL:
C31, H55, I38
Prosjekt info:
Oppdragsgiver: Norges forskningsrådOppdragsgivers prosjektnr.: 202513
Frisch prosjekt: 1172 - Social Insurance and Labor Market Inclusion in Norway
