Intergenerational Networks, Unemployment, and Persistent Inequality in South Africa
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This paper examines the importance of network-based intergenerational correlations in South Africa. I use longitudinal data on young South Africans to examine the covariance of childrens employment with parentsusefulness in job search. I nd that fathers serve as useful network connections to their sons (and not daughters), but that mothers do not seem to be useful network connections. The father-son e¤ect is robust to alternate explanations of speci c human capital and correlated networks. The size of this e¤ect is large: present fathersutility as network connections may be responsible for a 1/3 increase in their sonsemployment rates. JEL Codes: O12,J62,J21
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Intergenerational Networks, Unemployment, and Persistent Inequality in South Africa by Jeremy Magruder :: NEUDC 2007 Papers :: Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference :: Center for International Development at Harvard University (CID)
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