Abstract: Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market.This paper studies the mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labormarket outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on administrative records forthe universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networksformed by past coworkers. To distinguish between mechanisms of information transmission,we adopt two different network perspectives. From the job-seeker's perspective we analyzehow network characteristics affect job finding rates and wages in the new jobs. Then weswitch to the perspective of the hiring firm and analyze which types of displaced workersget hired by firms that are connected to a closing firm via past coworker links. Our resultsindicate that employment status and the firm types of former coworkers are crucial for thejob finding success of their displaced contacts. Moreover, 21% of displaced workers find anew job in a firm that is connected to their former workplace. Among all workers that weredisplaced from the same closing firm those with a direct link to a former coworker are twiceas likely to be hired by the connected firm than workers without a link. These results highlightthe role of work related networks in the transmission of job information and stronglysuggest that job referrals are an important mechanism. Note: The “WISE-IZA” seminar series is transmitted from IZA in Bonn using e-conference technology. 摘要：社会网络是劳动力市场上一个重要的信息传输渠道。本文研究社会网络对失业下岗员工的劳动力市场结果产生影响的机制。我们使用的是奥地利所有私营部门就业的行政管理记录。这里我们用曾经的同事定义职场有关的网络。为了区分信息传输机制，我们采用两种不同的网络视角。从求职者的角度，我们分析网络的特征是如何影响找到工作的比率以及新工作的工资水平。从用人单位的角度，我们分析什么样的下岗员工更可能被与有关闭公司旧同事工作的公司聘用。我们的分析显示就业状态以及旧同事工作的公司类型对于是否能成功找到工作很重要。特别的是，有20%的下岗员工在有旧同事工作的公司找到工作。相对于与旧同事没直接联系的员工，与旧同事有直接联系的员工在旧同事工作的公司找到工作的可能性要高一倍。我们的发现说明工作中建立的网络对于工作信息的传导非常重要。这说明同事的推荐是工作搜寻中一个重要的机制。 注：本系列讲座使用远程会议系统传输自德国波恩的IZA总部。 |
