Social Ties and the Job Search of Recent Immigrants

This article highlights a specific mechanism through which social networks help in job search. The authors characterize the strength of a network by its likelihood of providing a job offer. Using a theoretical model, they show that the difference between wages in jobs found using networks versus tho...

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Main Authors: Goel, D. (Author), Lang, K. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Ltd 2019
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