Peer referrals are a common strategy for addressing asymmetric information in contexts such as the labor market. They … referral considerably increase the probability that current patients make referrals that result in the testing of new …

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 …

via social networks is the most frequent single channel of generating jobs in Germany; in relative terms referrals are … mismatch among immigrants. Finally, we document that the gaps in the incidence of referrals and mismatch rates are reduced …

via social networks is the most frequent single channel of generating jobs in Germany; in relative terms referrals are … mismatch among immigrants. Finally, we document that the gaps in the incidence of referrals and mismatch rates are reduced …

costless informal channel, i.e. referrals. There is a continuum of heterogeneous vacancies in our model where every frm with an …'s size and formal search intensity can also be observed for firms that don't use referrals; (4) Firms that use referrals as a … search channel invest less effort into formal search compared to firms that don't use referrals; (5) Larger firms are less …

social networks, which means that hiring through referrals should be less frequent in expansions. On the other hand, firms …

compared to formal job-search methods. Who then uses referrals by strong ties to support their school-to-work transitions … places. We investigate whether parental referrals are more likely to be used as a compensation strategy for limited … use parental referrals more often and also increasingly find apprenticeship places via referrals. Moreover, using …

Using a new firm-level dataset that includes explicit information on referrals by current employees, we investigate the … hiring process and the relationships among referrals, match quality, wage trajectories and turnover for a single U ….S. corporation, and test various predictions of theoretical models of labor market referrals. We find that referred candidates are …