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 …

Social networks may affect workers' labor market outcomes. Using rich spatial data from administrative records, we … neighborhood employment rate increases the probability of having a job six months after displacement by 0.9 percentage points. The … additionally by networks of former co-workers who also lost their jobs due to plant closure. …

post-displacement outcomes sheds light on the different mechanisms generating the social effect. …

and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal … differences is that Southern European workers are less likely to find employment following displacement. Loss of employer …

The reduction of carbon emissions will require a rapid phasing out of coal and the displacement of millions of coal …, amounting to present discounted value earnings losses of between four and six times the miners pre-displacement earnings. …