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Formal and informal job search

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  • Luca Paolo Merlino

    (ECARES - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics - ULB - Université libre de Bruxelles = Free University of Brussels)

Abstract

I develop a model where workers decide how hard to look for a job via formal and informal search channels. The intensity of formal search determines an individual's arrival rate of offers. The strength of investment in informal search translates into a job contact network in which job offers are transmitted. There are two equilibria, one with high formal search and one with high informal search. The former Pareto dominates the latter.

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  • Luca Paolo Merlino, 2014. "Formal and informal job search," Post-Print hal-01263747, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01263747
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.10.008
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    1. Merlino, Luca Paolo, 2019. "Informal job search through social networks and vacancy creation," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 82-85.
    2. Ugo Bolletta & Luca Paolo Merlino, 2022. "Marriage Through Friends," Dynamic Games and Applications, Springer, vol. 12(4), pages 1046-1066, December.
    3. Horvath, Gergely & Zhang, Rui, 2018. "Social network formation and labor market inequality," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 166(C), pages 45-49.
    4. Patrick Allmis & Luca Paolo Merlino, 2023. "Homophily and Specialization in Networks," Papers 2312.00457, arXiv.org.
    5. Stupnytska, Yuliia & Zaharieva, Anna, 2015. "Explaining U-shape of the referral hiring pattern in a search model with heterogeneous workers," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 211-233.
    6. Steven Kivinen, 2017. "Unemployment Volatility and Networks," Working Papers daleconwp2017-02, Dalhousie University, Department of Economics.
    7. Kinateder, Markus & Merlino, Luca Paolo, 2022. "Local public goods with weighted link formation," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 316-327.
    8. Arbex, Marcelo & Caetano, Sidney & O’Dea, Dennis, 2016. "The implications of labor market network for business cycles," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 37-40.
    9. Moreno Galbis, Eva & Wolff, Francois-Charles & Herault, Arnaud, 2020. "How helpful are social networks in finding a job along the economic cycle? Evidence from immigrants in France," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 12-32.

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    JEL classification:

    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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