Who gets the job referral? Evidence from a social networks experiment

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3574-3593

  Beaman, Lori ^a   Magruder, Jeremy ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84873304796     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3574     Document Type: Article

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