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Do Informal Referrals Lead to Better Matches? Evidence from a Firm's Employee Referral System
Brown, Meta; Setren, Elizabeth; Topa, Giorgio - 2014
hiring process and the relationships among referrals, match quality, wage trajectories and turnover for a single U …Using a new firm-level dataset that includes explicit information on referrals by current employees, we investigate the ….S. corporation, and test various predictions of theoretical models of labor market referrals. We find that referred candidates are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377288
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Learning through Coworker Referrals
Glitz, Albrecht; Vejlin, Rune Majlund - 2019
In this paper, we study the role of coworker referrals for labor market outcomes. Using comprehensive Danish … into the same establishments and provide evidence that these mobility patterns are likely driven by coworker referrals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005971
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Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment
Güell, Maia - 2003
In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their labor markets have become more dynamic. This paper studies the possible implications of such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment. I estimate a parametric duration model using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261530
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Search capital
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Smith, Eric - 2012
We construct a simple equilibrium search model in which workers accumulate information about previously met employment contacts. We term the latter search capital. Here search capital (partially) insures workers against adverse shocks. The model provides a theory of job-to-job transitions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282515
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Job search, human capital and wage inequality
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - 2012
The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on-the-job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers enter the labour market with different abilities and firms differ in their productivities. Wages are dispersed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290001
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Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment
Güell, Maia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their labor markets have become more dynamic. This paper studies the possible implications of such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment. I estimate a parametric duration model using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761780
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Search Capital
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Smith, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We construct a simple equilibrium search model in which workers accumulate information about previously met employment contacts. We term the latter search capital. Here search capital (partially) insures workers against adverse shocks. The model provides a theory of job-to-job transitions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651350
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Job Search, Human Capital and Wage Inequality
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on-the-job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers enter the labour market with different abilities and firms differ in their productivities. Wages are dispersed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010585693
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Minimum Wage Increases and Vacancies
Kudlyak, Marianna; Tasci, Murat; Tüzemen, Didem - 2022
Using a unique data set and a novel identification strategy, we estimate the effect of minimum wage increases on job vacancy postings. Utilizing occupation-specific county- level vacancy data from the Conference Board's Help Wanted Online for 2005-2018, we find that state-level minimum wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351793
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Job Displacement Costs of Phasing Out Coal
Rud, Juan Pablo; Simmons, Michael; Toews, Gerhard; … - 2022
The reduction of carbon emissions will require a rapid phasing out of coal and the displacement of millions of coal miners. How much could this energy transition cost mining workers? We use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners. We...
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