Social Contacts and Occupational Choice

By S. Bentolila, Claudio Michelacci, Javier Suárez. 2004

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Social Networks, Employee Selection, and Labor Market Outcomes (2016, background): “Recent work includes Munshi (2003), Bayer, Ross, and Topa (2008), Bentolila et al. (2010), Dustmann et al. (2011), Cingano and Rosolia (2012), Aslund, Hensvik, and Skans (2014), and Kramarz and Skans (2014). 5 See also Fernandez, Castilla, and Moore (2000), Castilla (2005), Yakubovich and Lup (2006)”
Job contact networks and the ethnic minorities (2010, methodology): “Therefore, Model 3 undertakes an explicit investigation as to whether assimilation, rather than ethnicity, has a role to play in determining the method of job search, and incorporates a dummy for being born outwith the UK, as well as years since first arrival in the UK (years since migration) and it”
An Overview of Social Networks and Economic Applications (2011, background): “…play a substantial role in essentially all of the labor markets that have been studied, regardless of the skill level, location, or population of workers (e.g., see Rees and Shultz (1970), Montgomery (1991), Pellizzari (2009), Corcoran, Datcher, and Duncan (1980), and Bentolila et al (2009)).”
Referral-Based Job Search Networks (2016, neutral): “…and Sacerdote (2002) report that individuals who received help from fraternity/sorority contacts were more likely to obtain high-paying jobs, Bentolila et al. (2010) find significant wage discounts for jobs found through family and friends.4 Loury (2006) offers a potential…”
Local social capital and geographical mobility (2010, background): “Bentolila et al. (2010) provides a counterexample, and looks more specifically at European countries, emphasizing the potential negative links between social capital and labor markets.”
Neighborhood Quality and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Quasi-Random Neighborhood Assignment of Immigrants (2013, background): “E-mail address: apd@asb.dk 1 See Rees (1966), Granovetter (1974, 1995), Holzer (1988), Blau and Robins (1990), Montgomery (1991), Gregg and Wadsworth (1996), Topa (2001), Addison and Portugal (2002), Wahba and Zenou (2005), Bentolila et al. (2010) and Pellizari (2010).”