@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9493,
            	author={Kalfa, Eleni and Piracha, Matloob},
            	title={Social Networks and the Labour Market Mismatch},
            	year={2015},
	month={Nov},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={9493},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9493},
	abstract={This paper assesses the extent to which social contacts and ethnic concentration affect the education-occupation mismatch of natives and immigrants. Using Australian panel data and employing a dynamic random effects probit model, we show that social capital exacerbates the incidence of over-education, particularly for females. Furthermore, for the foreign-born, ethnic concentration significantly increases the incidence of over-education. Using an alternative index, we also show that social participation, friends and support and ethnic concentration are the main contributors in generating a mismatch, while reciprocity and trust does not seem to have any effect on over-education for both, immigrants and natives. Finally, we show that social networks are more beneficial for the relatively better educated.},
	keywords={over-education;ethnic concentration;social capital},
            }