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dc.contributor.authorFontaine, Françoisen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:14:55Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:14:55Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20548-
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employersin large firms can be matched together through social networks or through more "formal"methods of search. We show that networks do not necessarily add new externalities and thatsome results previously obtained in the literature are questionable. Nevertheless, socialnetworks can, in some case, substitute for labor market and this crowding-out effect may besocially costly. We show that a policy increasing the number of workers embedded in thesocial networks can increase the unemployment rate and decrease workers welfare. Since itis mostly the firms which benefit from larger social networks, transfers from the firms to theworkers are necessary to make larger access to the social networks efficient.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1282en
dc.subject.jelZ13en
dc.subject.jelJ68en
dc.subject.jelE24en
dc.subject.jelJ64en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordeconomic policyen
dc.subject.keywordmatchingen
dc.subject.keywordsocial networksen
dc.subject.keywordunemploymenten
dc.subject.stwArbeitslosigkeiten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwMatchingen
dc.subject.stwSoziales Netzwerken
dc.subject.stwCrowding outen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarkttheorieen
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleDo Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn46023675Xen
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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