Marriage Networks, Nepotism, and Labor Market Outcomes in China
利用中国面板数据，通过岳父去世这一事件识别婚姻带来的社会网络对年轻男性收入的影响，发现岳父去世导致其收入下降7%。
This paper considers the role of marriage in improving labor market outcomes through the expansion of an individual's networks. I focus on the impact of the relationship with the father-in-law on a young man's career using panel data from China. The identification strategy isolates the network effects related to a man's father-in-law by examining the post-marriage death of a father-in-law. The estimates suggest that the loss of the father-in-law translates into a decrease in a man's earnings of 7 percent.