Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20468 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1215
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
social networks
unemployment duration
labor market transitions
social capital
economic inbreeding
JEL: 
J6
E24
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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