Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58985 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6312
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study investigates the existence of hiring criteria associated with the degree of social connections between skill and low-skill workers. We provide evidence about to what extent managers rely on their social connections in recruiting low-skill workers rather than on random matching. As one unique feature we follow an approach for a posted wage setting that reflects the main features of the Spanish labor market. By working with sub-samples of high and low-skill workers we are able to assess that the recruitment of low-skill immigrants quite often follows a referral strategy and we identify interesting irregularities across the ethnic groups. As a common feature, referral hiring is usually influences by the ethnicity of the manager and the relative proportion of immigrants within the firm. Under these perspectives, our study outlines new insights to evaluate the future perspectives of the Spanish labor market.
Subjects: 
ethnicity
hiring strategies
social networks
JEL: 
J15
J21
J24
J61
J71
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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