We measure the impact of labor market referral networks defined by residential neighborhoods on re-employment following … mass layoffs. Because networks can only be effective when hiring is occurring, we focus on a measure of the strength of the … strength that try to disentangle the mechanism by which networks operate – either by conveying information to job seekers about …

Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. In this paper investigate how … theoretical and empirical literature we find that the employment status networks members matters for the job finding rate. We …

and wider networks are important mainstays in helping jobseekers back into work but in different ways and for a variety of … social networks this investigation sheds some light on the extent to which social connectedness matters for jobseekers in …

Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the … mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on … administrative records for the universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networks formed by past …

Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the … mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on … administrative records for the universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networks formed by past …

earnings, wages, and employment following mass layoff separately for migrants and natives. We show that job displacement … find that these gaps are driven by labor market conditions, such as local migrant networks and labor market tightness …

earnings, wages, and employment following mass layoff separately for migrants and natives. We show that job displacement … find that these gaps are driven by labor market conditions, such as local migrant networks and labor market tightness …