Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
January 15, 2019
Summary:
We present a flexible model of wage dynamics where information about job openings is transmitted through social networks. We show that the individuals' wages dynamic is positively associated across time and that this result holds outside the stationary distribution, and under observed and unobserved heterogeneity. We present an empirical application using the British Household Panel Survey by exploiting direct information about individual's social networks. We find that having more employed friends leads to more job offers, but to slightly lower offered wages. We also find that non-relative friends are more helpful than relatives, and that individuals benefit relatively more from their male friends.
Published in
Review of Economic Dynamics
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 31 , p.1 -23
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.red.2018.12.001
ISSN
10942025
Subjects
#525433