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100 _aBarwick, Panle Jia
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245 _aInformation, mobile communication, and referral effects
260 _aThe American Economic Review
300 _a113(5), May, 2023: p. 1170-1207
520 _aThis paper uses the universe of cellphone records from a Chinese telecommunication provider for a northern Chinese city to examine the role of information exchange in urban labor markets. We provide the first direct evidence of increased communication among referral pairs around job changes. Information provided by social contacts mitigates information asymmetry and improves labor market performance.- Reproduced
773 _aThe American Economic Review
906 _aINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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