We document a new set of facts regarding the impact of referrals on labor market outcomes. Our results highlight the … importance of distinguishing between different types of referrals-those from family and friends and those from business contacts …-and different occupations. Then we develop an on-the-job search model that incorporates referrals and calibrate the model to key …

, countries have established entities to supervise or oversee the well functioning of instutions, systems and networks. This paper …

This paper develops a model and derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which … firm. These findings have important implications in suggesting that job search networks help to reduce informational …

This paper develops a model and derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in which … firm. These findings have important implications in suggesting that job search networks help to reduce informational …

The limited nature of data on employment referrals in large business and household surveys has so far impeded our … efforts to understand the relationships among employment referrals, match quality, wage trajectories, and turnover. Using a … predictions of theoretical models of labor market referrals. Our results align with the following predictions: 1) referred …

In this paper, we study the role of coworker referrals for labor market outcomes. Using comprehensive Danish … into the same establishments and provide evidence that these mobility patterns are likely driven by coworker referrals …

referrals, I provide robust evidence that doctors refer more to specialists of their same gender, a tendency known as homophily … receive referrals. I show that biased referrals are predominantly driven by physicians' decisions rather than by endogenous … biased referrals generate a 5% lower demand for female relative to male specialists, pointing to a positive externality for …

In this paper, we study the role of coworker referrals for labor market outcomes. Using comprehensive Danish … into the same establishments and provide evidence that these mobility patterns are likely driven by coworker referrals …

referrals, I provide robust evidence that doctors refer more to specialists of their same gender, a tendency known as homophily … receive referrals. I show that biased referrals are predominantly driven by physicians' decisions rather than by endogenous … biased referrals generate a 5% lower demand for female relative to male specialists, pointing to a positive externality for …