Endogenous job contact networks

Galeotti, A and Merlino, L P (2014) Endogenous job contact networks. International Economic Review, 55 (4). pp. 1201-1226. ISSN 0020-6598 OPEN ACCESS

Abstract

We develop a model where workers, anticipating the risk of becoming unemployed, invest in connections in order to access information about available jobs that other workers may have. The investment in connections is high when the job separation rate in the labor market is moderate, whereas it is low for either low or high levels of job separation rate. The equilibrium response of network investment to changes in the labor market conditions generates novel empirical predictions. In particular, the probability that a worker finds a new job via his connections increases in the separation rate when the separation rate is low, whereas it decreases when the separation rate is high. These predictions are supported by the empirical patterns that we document for the U.K. labor market.

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Item Type: Article
Subject Areas: Economics
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2019 11:48
Date of first compliant deposit: 17 Oct 2019
Last Modified: 05 Dec 2024 03:06
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/1243
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