Do Job Networks Disadvantage Women? Evidence from a Recruitment Experiment in Malawi

Beaman, Lori; Keleher, Niall; Magruder, Jeremy

doi:10.1086/693869

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“…Furthermore, women have lower chances of getting a wage job to start with. For example, a recent experiment in Malawi found that skilled women get less referrals for a job than men, which limits their ability to get a job (Beaman, Keleher and Magruder, 2018).…”

Section: Labor Market Discriminationmentioning

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Female Entrepreneurs

Carranza¹,

Dhakal²,

Love³

2018

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Section: Labor Market Discriminationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Female Entrepreneurs

Carranza¹,

Dhakal²,

Love³

2018

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“…One recent study argues that referrals could decrease diversity in the workplace [8]. The authors used data from a field experiment in Malawi and found that women seemed to be disadvantaged by the referral process relative to men.…”

Section: Potentially Disadvantaging Women and Minoritiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The value of hiring through employee referrals in developed countries

Hoffman¹

2017

izawol

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“…In a related study, Beaman et al (2014) consider the distributive consequences of referrals. They also randomized between fixed and performance-based incentives, but in addition, requested (randomized) gender-specific referrals.…”

Section: Strategic Information Diffusionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Field Experiments, Social Networks, and Development

Breza

2016

The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Networks

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This chapter explores the use of field experiments as a tool to study the economics of social networks, with an emphasis on applications in development economics. Field experiments can be powerful vehicles to measure causal treatment effects. However, when treatments “spill over” onto others in the social network, many new considerations arise. The chapter begins with a discussion of methodological challenges involved in conducting social network experiments. The chapter then explores how field experiments have begun to shed light on five key issues in the economics of networks, including social learning and diffusion, other-regarding preferences, peer monitoring and enforcement, risk sharing, and network formation.

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Do Job Networks Disadvantage Women? Evidence from a Recruitment Experiment in Malawi

Cited by 129 publications

References 30 publications

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The value of hiring through employee referrals in developed countries

Field Experiments, Social Networks, and Development

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