This article derives novel testable implications of referral-based job search networks in
which employees provide employers with information about potential new hires that they …

Using a new firm-level data set that includes explicit information on referrals by current
employees, we investigate the hiring process and the relationships among referrals, match …

Using a model of statistical discrimination and educational sorting, we explain why blacks
get more education than whites of similar cognitive ability, and we explore how the Armed …

Despite their documented importance in the labor market, little is known about how workers
use social networks to find jobs and their resulting effect on earnings. I use geographically …

This paper examines how involuntarily-formed social networks affect individual labor market
outcomes. Using a new dataset of WWI draftees linked to the 1930 census, I identify the …

内生性问题是社会科学定量分析面临的重要挑战之一. 如何通过不同的模型识别策略来消减内
生性问题, 判定因果关系, 成为了近来西方社会资本研究领域的前沿议题. 本文围绕社会资本的 …

This paper focuses on the interaction between network structure, the role of information, and
the level of trust and trustworthiness in 3-node networks. We extend the investment game …

Social interactions have important consequences for labour market outcomes. Yet the
growing literature has relied on indirect definitions of networks. We present the first evidence …

This paper examines the extent to which recruitment ties affect individual wage outcomes in
small and medium scale manufacturing firms. Based on a unique matched employer …

Executive summary Social networks play an important role in channelling workers into jobs.
This has benefits: informal networks are often able to match workers and employers faster …