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On the puzzle of diversification in social networks with occupational mismatch
Zaharieva, Anna - 2015
a unique value of network homophily maximizing the present value of income. Therefore, there is a gain for risk …-neutral workers if their network is diversified between the two occupations. The reason for diversification is that the present value … income as in standard portfolio theory which is driving the decision of workers. Nevertheless, the optimal diversification …
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Immigration, social networks, and occupational mismatch
Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019
professional homophily in the link formation. Our model predicts that immigrant workers face stronger risk of unemployment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012007171
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Immigration, social networks and occupational mismatch
Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019
professional homophily in the link formation. Our model predicts that immigrant workers face stronger risk of unemployment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009893
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Optimal policy and the role of social contacts in a search model with heterogeneous workers
Stupnytska, Yuliia; Zaharieva, Anna - 2013
This paper develops a search model with heterogeneous workers and social networks. High ability workers are more productive and have a larger number of professional contacts. Firms have a choice between a high cost vacancy in the regular labour market and a low cost job opening in the referral...
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Wages and employment in a random social network with arbitrary degree distribution
Ioannides, Yannis M.; Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2006
Empirical studies of labor markets show that social contacts are an important source of job-related information [Ioannides and Loury (2004)]. At the same time, wage differences among workers may be explained only in part by differences in individual background characteristics. Such findings...
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Incapacity benefits and employment policy
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their incapacity benefits to provide employment vouchers for employers that hire them. The analysis indicates that introducing this policy could increase employment, raise the incomes of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412088
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The Swedish youth labor market in boom and depression
Edin, Per-Anders; Forslund, Anders; Holmlund, Bertil - 1998 - This version: 3 February 1998
This paper is concerned with the labor market experience of Swedish youths during the 1980s and the 1990s. The first objective is to portray early economic attainment among young Swedes. The second objective of the paper is to examine the impact of labor market programs on youth employment. We...
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A simple model of homophily in social networks
Currarini, Sergio; Matheson, Jesse; Vega-Redondo, Fernando - 2016
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Neural homophily : similar neural responses predict friendship
Parkinson, Carolyn; Kleinbaum, Adam M.; Wheatley, Thalia - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011756735
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Social interactions, mechanisms, and equilibrium : evidence from a model of study time and academic achievement
Conley, Timothy G.; Mehta, Nirav; Stinebrickner, Ralph; … - 2015
We develop and estimate an equilibrium model of study time choices of students on a social network. We examine how network structure interacts with student characteristics to affect academic achievement. Due to data limitations, few papers examine the mechanisms through which peer effects...
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