Peer Effects in the Adoption of a Youth Employment Subsidy
研究智利青年就业补贴采纳中的同伴效应，发现前同学和同事的采纳显著影响个人决策，且效应在项目早期阶段形成，随网络特征和关系强度变化。
Abstract This paper studies the effects of peers on the adoption of a Youth Employment Subsidy in Chile since its inception. We examine the effects that former classmates' and coworkers' adoption have on one's adoption. Identification comes from discontinuities in the assignment rule that allow us to construct valid instrumental variables for peers' adoption. Using a comprehensive set of administrative records, we find that classmates and especially coworkers play significant roles in the adoption of the subsidy. Peer effects are determined during the early stages of the program's implementation and vary by network characteristics and the strength of network ties.