This paper presents descriptive evidence that although social networks help find jobs, the jobs found through social networks tend to be mismatched. The paper uses nationally representative matched employer-employee data in Bangladesh that includes direct measures of match quality. Less educated and seemingly poorer workers are more likely to have found their jobs through social networks. Compared to workers at the same occupation level in the same...
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2024/03/14
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The Temptation of Social Networks under Job Search Frictions
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Matsuda, Norihiko; Shinsaku Nomura.
The Temptation of Social Networks under Job Search Frictions (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099621302052527929