We use a field experiment to show that referral-based hiring has the potential to
disadvantage qualified women, highlighting another potential channel behind gender …

It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson,
world-leading researcher into social and economic networks, shows us why this is far truer …

We study how differences in interpersonal skills lead to inequality among workers when
social connections are endogenously formed and workers find jobs through their contacts …

We introduce an irregular network structure into a model of frictional, on‐the‐job search in
which workers find jobs through their network connections or directly from firms. We show …

We present a flexible model of wage dynamics where information about job openings is
transmitted through social networks. We show that the individuals' wages dynamic is …

We study the impact of network homophily on labor market outcomes in a search‐and‐
matching model with two job search channels: the formal market and social contacts. There …

This dissertation is composed of three essays using labor search models to explore the role
of referral-networks in the labor market. The first,“The Stabilizing Effect of Referral-Networks …

Although current augmented, virtual, and mixed reality (AR/VR/MR) systems are facing
advanced and immersive experience in the entertainment industry with countless media …