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Networks of “Weak” Ties of Padua University Graduates Searching for Employment

In: Effectiveness of University Education in Italy

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  • Anna Boaretto

    (Padua University)

  • Gilda Rota

    (Padua University)

  • Ilaria Silvestri

    (Padua University)

  • Luigi Fabbris

    (Padua University)

Abstract

Summary In this paper, we apply a model for the analysis of job search effectiveness through the so-called “weak ties”, i.e. the personal links through which the attainment of a work position may be favoured. We analyse weak ties with reference to the first job research by the University of Padua graduates through family, friendship and university links. To obtain a work position more coherent with a graduate’s educational investment, we analyse, too, the information about job opportunities that colleagues communicate to employed graduates. By hypothesising that graduates use their personal links in different portions, we segment, by means of a multivariate method, the sample of graduates according to the faculty and, within faculty, according to the curricular and social characteristics of graduates.

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  • Anna Boaretto & Gilda Rota & Ilaria Silvestri & Luigi Fabbris, 2007. "Networks of “Weak” Ties of Padua University Graduates Searching for Employment," Springer Books, in: Luigi Fabbris (ed.), Effectiveness of University Education in Italy, pages 123-139, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-7908-1751-5_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-1751-5_9
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    1. Ilyés, Virág & Sebők, Anna, 2020. "Egyetemről a munkaerőpiacra. Felsőoktatási ismeretségek hatása a munkaerőpiaci kilátásokra [From university to working life - the effect peers in higher education have on labour-market outcomes]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(10), pages 993-1028.

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