[fre] YannAlgan, Pierre Cahuc, Bruno Decreuse, François Fontaine, Solenne Tanguy Epargne de précaution, réseaux sociaux et assurance chômage publique. Cet article analyse les conséquences des systèmes publics d'assurance chômage lorsque les ménages peuvent disposer de méthodes...

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Do social networks induce better matches? To investigate this issue, we provide a flexible job search model where workers use formal methods of search and social networks to get a job. In this framework, we show that it is not possible to identify the effect of networks on the allocation of...

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