TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bramoullé, Yann
AU  - Saint-Paul, Gilles
        TI  - Social Networks and Labor Market Transitions
        PY  - 2004/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1215
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1215
        AB  - We study the influence of social networks on labor market transitions. We develop the first
model where social ties and job status coevolve through time. Our key assumption is that the
probability of formation of a new tie is greater between two employed individuals than
between an employed and an unemployed individual. We show that this assumption
generates negative duration dependence of exit rates from unemployment. Our model has a
number of novel testable implications. For instance, we show that a higher connectivity
among unemployed individuals reduces duration dependence and that exit rates depend
positively on the duration of the last job held by the unemployed worker.
        KW  - social capital
KW  - social networks
KW  - unemployment duration
KW  - economic inbreeding
KW  - labor market transitions
        ER  -