People I Know: Job Search and Social Networks

By F. Cingano, A. Rosolia. Journal of Labor Economics, 2012

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Social Networks, Employee Selection, and Labor Market Outcomes (2016, methodology): “A straightforward example is provided by the models of Simon and Warner (1992) and Dustmann et al. (2011) where referred workers earn higher starting salaries than non-referred workers because employers have better information about their match-specific productivity, which in turn increases their wa”
Do Better-Connected CEOs Innovate More? (2014, unknown): “Mazerolle and Singh (2004) show that personal connections improve the odds of re-employment following labor market displacement, and Cingano and Rosolia (2012) show that unemployment duration declines with the quality of a worker’s personal network.”
Job Referral Networks and the Determination of Earnings in Local Labor Markets (2014, background): “2011; Nordström Skans and Kramarz 2011) or possibly indirectly (Topa 2001; Conley and Topa 2007; Laschever 2009; Cingano and Rosolia 2012).”
Young Adults Living with Their Parents and the Influence of Peers (2018, methodology): “…Recent studies also provide evidence of peer influence on marital decisions (Adamopoulou, 2012), fertility (Hensvik and Nillson, 2010; Ciliberto et al., 2016; Yakusheva and Fletcher, 2015), and the probability of finding a job (Cingano and Rosolia, 2012; Cappellari and Tatsiramos, 2015).”