This paper evaluates the strength of information flow from employed past coworkers on the re-employment duration of … displaced workers due to plant closures in Austria. Using the Austrian Social Security Database (a matched employer …-entry tenure. We find that a 10 percentage point increase in the network employment rate leads to a 3.2 percent increase in the …

-search strategies and employment histories, and identify how any differences vary over the business cycle. We find systematic …

by comparing their individual characteristics and past (un)employment and job histories. Since the BHPS does not directly … employment histories. -- Unemployment ; on-the-job search ; employment histories …

unemployed do not directly compete with employed job seekers. -- on-the-job search ; unemployment ; job competition ; employment … individual characteristics, preferences over working hours, job-search strategies, and employment histories. We find substantial …

In the US labor market the average black worker is exposed to a lower employment rate and earns a lower wage compared … the distribution of workers' skill. In particular, they argue that black-white wage and employment gaps are smaller for … prejudice is quantitatively more important than skill differences to explain wage and employment gaps. In the final section of …