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| Titre : | Do neighbors help finding a job? Social networks and labor market outcomes after plant closures (2020) |
| Auteurs : | Elke Jahn ; Michael Neugart |
| Type de document : | Article : document électronique |
| Dans : | Labour economics (vol. 65, August 2020) |
| Article en page(s) : | Article 101825 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Catégories : |
Thésaurus CEREQ LICENCIEMENT ECONOMIQUE ; CHOMEUR ; RECHERCHE D'EMPLOI ; RESEAU SOCIAL ; MODELISATION ; ALLEMAGNE |
| Résumé : | This paper investigates whether the employment status of neighbors influences the employment probability of workers who lost their job due to a plant closure, and the channels through which this occurs. Combining rich spatial information with administrative records, we find that a 10 percentage points higher neighborhood employment rate increases the probability of finding a job by 1.9%. Displaced workers not only benefit from neighborhood networks in terms of higher earnings and longer job stability but they are also more likely to find a job at the plant of a neighbor. These results indicate that neighbors refer workers to employers and that social norms are less likely to play a role. |
| Document Céreq : | Non |
| En ligne : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101825 |
