Network Effects and Welfare Cultures*
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- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Quarterly Journal of Economics
- Vol. 115 (3) , 1019-1055
- https://doi.org/10.1162/003355300554971
Abstract
We empirically examine the role of social networks in welfare participation using data on language spoken at home to better infer networks within anKeywords
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