The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia
In this study we focus on exclusion from job contact networks, which constitutes a major disadvantage for labor market participants in settings where referral hiring is common and information about jobs hard to obtain. In a mid-size town in northern Ethiopia, where these mechanisms are at work, we o...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Caria, Antonia Stefano Hassen, Ibrahim Worku |
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| description | In this study we focus on exclusion from job contact networks, which constitutes a major disadvantage for labor market participants in settings where referral hiring is common and information about jobs hard to obtain. In a mid-size town in northern Ethiopia, where these mechanisms are at work, we observe that many individuals do not access local job contact networks. Models of strategic network formation and behavioral decision theory suggest that given the right incentives, job contact networks should be more inclusive. On these grounds we hypothesize that workers would link to peripheral peers when this maximizes their chances of referral and when self-regarding concerns are absent due to social preferences. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1535652025-11-06T07:21:01Z The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia Caria, Antonia Stefano Hassen, Ibrahim Worku social networks labour market field experimentation In this study we focus on exclusion from job contact networks, which constitutes a major disadvantage for labor market participants in settings where referral hiring is common and information about jobs hard to obtain. In a mid-size town in northern Ethiopia, where these mechanisms are at work, we observe that many individuals do not access local job contact networks. Models of strategic network formation and behavioral decision theory suggest that given the right incentives, job contact networks should be more inclusive. On these grounds we hypothesize that workers would link to peripheral peers when this maximizes their chances of referral and when self-regarding concerns are absent due to social preferences. 2013 2024-10-01T13:56:40Z 2024-10-01T13:56:40Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153565 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Caria, Antonia Stefano and Hassen, Ibrahim Worku. 2013. The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1282. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153565 |
| spellingShingle | social networks labour market field experimentation Caria, Antonia Stefano Hassen, Ibrahim Worku The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia |
| title | The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia |
| title_full | The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia |
| title_short | The formation of job referral networks: Experimental evidence from urban Ethiopia |
| title_sort | formation of job referral networks experimental evidence from urban ethiopia |
| topic | social networks labour market field experimentation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153565 |
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