Density, social networks and job search methods: theory and application to Egypt
Density, social networks and job search methods: theory and application to Egypt
We first develop a theoretical model in which individuals are embedded within a network of social relationships. We show that, conditional on being employed, the probability to find a job through social networks, relative to other search methods, increases and is concave with the size of the network. The effects are stronger for the uneducated. There is however a critical size of the network above which this probability decreases. We then test empirically these theoretical findings for Egypt using the 1998 Labor Market Survey. The empirical evidence supports the predictions of our theoretical model.
education, social networks, search methods
443-473
Wahba, Jackline
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Zenou, Yves
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2005
Wahba, Jackline
03ae9304-c329-40c6-9bfc-d91cfa9e7164
Zenou, Yves
f7c3b72f-b6b6-4550-8b0f-00a127af082e
Wahba, Jackline and Zenou, Yves
(2005)
Density, social networks and job search methods: theory and application to Egypt.
Journal of Development Economics, 78 (2), .
(doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.11.006).
Abstract
We first develop a theoretical model in which individuals are embedded within a network of social relationships. We show that, conditional on being employed, the probability to find a job through social networks, relative to other search methods, increases and is concave with the size of the network. The effects are stronger for the uneducated. There is however a critical size of the network above which this probability decreases. We then test empirically these theoretical findings for Egypt using the 1998 Labor Market Survey. The empirical evidence supports the predictions of our theoretical model.
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Published date: 2005
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education, social networks, search methods
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