长时间的关系,破坏性生活事件和经济繁荣
Eaman Jahani1,2,3, Samuel P Fraiberger4, Michael Bailey5
1Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142.
概括
在社交网络中的长期关系与经济繁荣相关. 像移民这样的颠覆性生活事件促进了这些联系,这表明个人经历和财务成功之间存在联系.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 网络科学 网络科学
- 经济学 经济学 经济学
背景情况:
- 社交网络对个人和社区层面的经济结果产生重大影响.
- 之前的研究表明"长期联系" (没有相互联系的联系) 与经济成功有关,但人口规模的个人层面的证据很少.
- 长期关系的形成机制,特别是与生活事件相关的机制,仍然未被充分探索.
研究的目的:
- 建立一个人口规模,个人层面的长期关系与经济繁荣之间的关联.
- 调查生活中破坏性事件在长期关系的形成和维持中的作用.
- 了解有助于经济结果的长距离关系的结构性质.
主要方法:
- 使用Facebook交互数据构建一个大型社交网络.
- 分析长期关系和经济指标 (收入,经济流动性) 的比例之间的相关性.
- 检查个人长期关系和经济繁荣的代理人之间的关系.
- 研究生活事件 (移民,学校转学) 作为长纽带形成的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 在行政单位和个人层面上,长期关系的普遍性与经济繁荣之间存在强烈的积极关联.
- 拥有较长时间关系的个人居住在收入较高的地区,并且表现出更大的经济繁荣代理.
- 颠覆性生活事件,如州际移民和大学转学,显著增加了个人网络中长期关系的比例,即使是几年后.
结论:
- 长期关系与个人和社区的经济繁荣有着强烈而持续的联系.
- 重要的人生经历在长期关系的发展和持久性方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 这些发现强调了网络结构,特别是多样化的连接对经济福祉的重要性.
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