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Using an original dataset on professional networks of directors sitting on the boards of large US corporations, we examine how personal relationships are used by firms to improve job match quality in the high-skill segment of the labor market. Analyzing explicit social connection data between...
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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 …
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I study a dynamic search-matching model with two-sided heterogeneity, a production complementarity that induces labor …
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In this paper, an agent-based search and matching (ABSAM) model of a local labor market with heterogeneous agents and …
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This paper analyzes the labor market (turnover and appointments) of executive and non-executive directors by means of social network methodology. We find that directors with strong networks are able to obtain labor market information that enables them to leave their firm more easily for better...
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that job referrals are an important mechanism. …
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that job referrals are an important mechanism. …
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via social networks is the most frequent single channel of generating jobs in Germany; in relative terms referrals are … develop a theoretical search and matching model with two ethnic groups of workers (natives and immigrants), two search … mismatch among immigrants. Finally, we document that the gaps in the incidence of referrals and mismatch rates are reduced …
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via social networks is the most frequent single channel of generating jobs in Germany; in relative terms referrals are … develop a theoretical search and matching model with two ethnic groups of workers (natives and immigrants), two search … mismatch among immigrants. Finally, we document that the gaps in the incidence of referrals and mismatch rates are reduced …
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This paper develops a labour market matching model with heterogeneous firms, on-thejob search and referrals. Social … positive effect of referrals on reservation wages. At the same time, employees accept job offers from more productive employers … lower than the average productivity in the market. This is a negative selection effect of referrals on wages. In the …
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