论文标题
社交网络作为歧视的机制
Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination
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论文摘要
我研究劳动力市场，其中公司通过转诊雇用。我开发了一个就业模型，显示了这种模型 - 尽管能力，就业，工资和网络结构的初始平等，但通过推荐和预期工资较低的工作就更少，仅仅是因为他们的社会群体较小。这种差异称为“社交网络歧视”，属于主要经济学歧视模型（基于裁缝和统计）。社交网络歧视可以通过具有更多社交关系或“牢固联系”网络的少数民族来减轻。我使用全国代表性的美国样本来校准该模型，并估计社交网络歧视造成的较低限制福利差距以上超过4％，不利的黑人工人。
I study labor markets in which firms hire via referrals. I develop an employment model showing that--despite initial equality in ability, employment, wages, and network structure--minorities receive fewer jobs through referral and lower expected wages, simply because their social group is smaller. This disparity, termed "social network discrimination," falls outside the dominant economics discrimination models--taste-based and statistical. Social network discrimination can be mitigated by minorities having more social ties or a "stronger-knit" network. I calibrate the model using a nationally-representative U.S. sample and estimate the lower-bound welfare gap caused by social network discrimination at over four percent, disadvantaging black workers.
