Labor Markets and Referrals

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Why the Referential Treatment? Evidence from Field Experiments on Referrals (2016, unknown): “…than nonreferred applicants, and some firms even give bonuses to employees for successful referrals (see, e.g., Granovetter 1995; Fernandez and Weinberg 1997; Bewley 1999; Peterson, Saporta, and Seidel 2000; Ioannides and Loury 2004; Topa 2011; Brown, Setren, and Topa 2012; Burks et al. 2015).”
Social Networks and Labor Markets: How Strong Ties Relate to Job Finding on Facebook’s Social Network (2017, background): “…States, between 15% and 23% of workers reported using friends or relatives in their job search, over 50% of workers found their job through a network contact, and 70% of firms have programs encouraging referrals (Rees 1966; Granovetter 1973; Ioannides and Loury 2004; Topa 2011; Burks et al. 2015).”
Learning about job search: A field experiment with job seekers in Germany (2015, background): “…networks for finding a new job (Calvo-Armengol and Jackson 2004, Dustmann et al. 2011, Burks et al. 2013, and Brown et al. forthcoming; see also Topa 2011 for a compre- 5A picture of the brochure, a full English translation of the text blocks, and a detailed summary of the references we used…”
The Economic Consequences of Social Network Structure (2017, unknown): “For some background on the empirics of weak ties in the labor market, see Topa (2011).”