TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gyetvai, Attila
AU  - Zhu, Maria
        TI  - Coworker Networks and the Role of Occupations in Job Finding
        PY  - 2021/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14615
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14615
        AB  - Which former coworkers help displaced workers find jobs? We answer this question by studying occupational similarity in job finding networks. Using matched employer-employee data from Hungary, this paper relates the unemployment duration of displaced workers to the employment rate of their former coworker networks. We find that while coworkers from all occupations are helpful in job finding, there is significant heterogeneity in effects by occupation skill-level. For workers in low-skill jobs, coworkers who worked in the same narrow occupation as the displaced worker are the most useful network contacts. For workers in high-skill jobs, coworkers from different occupations are the most useful network contacts.
        KW  - unemployment duration
KW  - former coworkers
KW  - job search
KW  - networks
KW  - skill heterogeneity
        ER  -