Networks and youth labor market entry

Lena Hensvik and Oskar Skans

No 2013:23, Working Paper Series from IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy

Abstract: The paper provides an overview of existing knowledge regarding the role played by social networks in the process where young workers are matched to employing firms. We discuss standard theories of why social networks may be an important element in the job-matching process and survey the empirical literature on labor market networks with an emphasis on studies pertaining to the role of social contacts during the school-to-work transition phase. In addition, we present some novel evidence on how contacts established while working during the final year in high school affect youth labor market entry. Finally, we discuss how insights from this literature can be used to improve the quality of social programs targeted towards young workers in the Nordic countries.

Keywords: Referrals; school-to-work transition; youth unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J64 M51 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2013-10-14
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-cwa, nep-lab, nep-soc and nep-ure
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Published as Hensvik, Lena and Oskar Nordström Skans, 'Networks and youth labor market entry' in Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2014, pages 81-117.

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