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What Causes What
Socioeconomic status

Social capital

Density and quality of a person's network. A status technology that is not hormonal.

Network position predicts job finding, mate meeting, and health. It is a classic omitted variable in supplement-and-success studies: people with rich networks both earn more and buy more wellness.

Also called network density, weak ties.

Connected relationships

MECHANISM+ INCREASES

Observational · High confidence

Social capital→Employment status

Higher Social capital increases Employment status.

Weak ties carry jobs: Granovetter (1973) showed acquaintances bring novel job information, and Rajkumar (2022) tested that claim by randomizing LinkedIn's People You May Know among more than 20 million members over five years.

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