Andrei Gorshkov
@gorshkov.bsky.social
Postdoc at Uppsala University | PhD from Aarhus University
That was "Peers, Heirs, and Careers: Labor Market Effects of Alumni Networks" a joint work with Alex Fischer, @tmsandoy.bsky.social, and Jeanette Walldorf.
Please, check out the full paper and my other work: sites.google.com/view/andreigorshkov/
Please, check out the full paper and my other work: sites.google.com/view/andreigorshkov/
November 30, 2023 at 12:19 PM
That was "Peers, Heirs, and Careers: Labor Market Effects of Alumni Networks" a joint work with Alex Fischer, @tmsandoy.bsky.social, and Jeanette Walldorf.
Please, check out the full paper and my other work: sites.google.com/view/andreigorshkov/
Please, check out the full paper and my other work: sites.google.com/view/andreigorshkov/
Conclusion
- Alumni connections among business school peers shape career progression
- But they benefit more students from the most wealthy families
- Hence, they potentially reinforce inequality and impede social mobility
- Alumni connections among business school peers shape career progression
- But they benefit more students from the most wealthy families
- Hence, they potentially reinforce inequality and impede social mobility
November 30, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Conclusion
- Alumni connections among business school peers shape career progression
- But they benefit more students from the most wealthy families
- Hence, they potentially reinforce inequality and impede social mobility
- Alumni connections among business school peers shape career progression
- But they benefit more students from the most wealthy families
- Hence, they potentially reinforce inequality and impede social mobility
What do we see?
Significant career benefits from studying with more top 1% peers for students with similar backgrounds.
BUT! There are no such effects for students coming from less privileged backgrounds.
Significant career benefits from studying with more top 1% peers for students with similar backgrounds.
BUT! There are no such effects for students coming from less privileged backgrounds.
November 30, 2023 at 12:03 PM
What do we see?
Significant career benefits from studying with more top 1% peers for students with similar backgrounds.
BUT! There are no such effects for students coming from less privileged backgrounds.
Significant career benefits from studying with more top 1% peers for students with similar backgrounds.
BUT! There are no such effects for students coming from less privileged backgrounds.
Finding 3: In general, studying with students from rich families is beneficial… for students from rich families!
Question: What is the effect of the share of the top 1% group peers on career outcomes?
(Note: here we rely on the group assignment again)
Question: What is the effect of the share of the top 1% group peers on career outcomes?
(Note: here we rely on the group assignment again)
November 30, 2023 at 12:02 PM
Finding 3: In general, studying with students from rich families is beneficial… for students from rich families!
Question: What is the effect of the share of the top 1% group peers on career outcomes?
(Note: here we rely on the group assignment again)
Question: What is the effect of the share of the top 1% group peers on career outcomes?
(Note: here we rely on the group assignment again)
These transitions result in higher wages and better jobs.
But... The benefits are driven by descendants of the top 1% of families
But... The benefits are driven by descendants of the top 1% of families
November 30, 2023 at 12:02 PM
These transitions result in higher wages and better jobs.
But... The benefits are driven by descendants of the top 1% of families
But... The benefits are driven by descendants of the top 1% of families
Finding 2: It pays off to work with your peers!
Identification strategy: compare job transitions to former group peers to transitions to former cohort peers
(Note: here we cannot rely completely on the random assignment for identification)
Identification strategy: compare job transitions to former group peers to transitions to former cohort peers
(Note: here we cannot rely completely on the random assignment for identification)
November 30, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Finding 2: It pays off to work with your peers!
Identification strategy: compare job transitions to former group peers to transitions to former cohort peers
(Note: here we cannot rely completely on the random assignment for identification)
Identification strategy: compare job transitions to former group peers to transitions to former cohort peers
(Note: here we cannot rely completely on the random assignment for identification)
(C) These jobs are often linked to their parents
(D) ❗The effect is 4x larger if both students are from the top 1% families❗
(D) ❗The effect is 4x larger if both students are from the top 1% families❗
November 30, 2023 at 12:01 PM
(C) These jobs are often linked to their parents
(D) ❗The effect is 4x larger if both students are from the top 1% families❗
(D) ❗The effect is 4x larger if both students are from the top 1% families❗
(A) Peers shape career paths -> Students choose industries, occupations, and employers in line with their peers
(B) The effect is driven by former students working in the same workplaces
(B) The effect is driven by former students working in the same workplaces
November 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM
(A) Peers shape career paths -> Students choose industries, occupations, and employers in line with their peers
(B) The effect is driven by former students working in the same workplaces
(B) The effect is driven by former students working in the same workplaces
Finding 1: Alumni networks work!
Identification strategy: compare a pair of students that share a tutorial group to a pair that share a cohort but not a tutorial group
(Note: the group assignment helps us to get to the causal effect)
Identification strategy: compare a pair of students that share a tutorial group to a pair that share a cohort but not a tutorial group
(Note: the group assignment helps us to get to the causal effect)
November 30, 2023 at 12:00 PM
Finding 1: Alumni networks work!
Identification strategy: compare a pair of students that share a tutorial group to a pair that share a cohort but not a tutorial group
(Note: the group assignment helps us to get to the causal effect)
Identification strategy: compare a pair of students that share a tutorial group to a pair that share a cohort but not a tutorial group
(Note: the group assignment helps us to get to the causal effect)
The paper combines
1️⃣ CBS's Business Economics Program Records (since 1986): (conditionally) random tutorial group assignment graduates often come from the elite and become the elite
2️⃣ Rich Danish register data - detailed information on careers and family background
1️⃣ CBS's Business Economics Program Records (since 1986): (conditionally) random tutorial group assignment graduates often come from the elite and become the elite
2️⃣ Rich Danish register data - detailed information on careers and family background
November 30, 2023 at 11:59 AM
The paper combines
1️⃣ CBS's Business Economics Program Records (since 1986): (conditionally) random tutorial group assignment graduates often come from the elite and become the elite
2️⃣ Rich Danish register data - detailed information on careers and family background
1️⃣ CBS's Business Economics Program Records (since 1986): (conditionally) random tutorial group assignment graduates often come from the elite and become the elite
2️⃣ Rich Danish register data - detailed information on careers and family background
My #JMP examines whether alumni connections from elite business schools, (often dominated by students from wealthy families) benefit career advancement uniformly across students’ socio-economic backgrounds.
November 30, 2023 at 11:58 AM
My #JMP examines whether alumni connections from elite business schools, (often dominated by students from wealthy families) benefit career advancement uniformly across students’ socio-economic backgrounds.