Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/245666 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14615
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
networks
job search
former coworkers
unemployment duration
skill heterogeneity
JEL: 
J64
D85
J24
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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