Using Cameroonian data, this paper investigates the effects of social network on job quality. Social network is measured in terms of using friends and relatives while looking for a job. As regards to job quality, two aspects have been taken into consideration: monetary job quality which is...

We question whether the use of social networks to exit unemployment matters in Cameroon. We develop an empirical model which allows us to address this issue in a convenient way. We propose a methodology based on the well known Heckman (1976) two-step procedure to account for both simultaneity...