Informal job search method and labour market outcomes: evidence from urban Chinese workers

Yilin Shi

Applied Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 29, issue 17, 1571-1585

Abstract: Using a representative sample of Chinese urban employees, we empirically study the impact of the utilization of informal job search through social networks on wage. We find a premium of initial wage associated with job referral, but the wage premium diminishes over tenure. We also find that the effect of job referral on initial wage reduces when human capital plays a more important role, or the recruitment process and the economic system are more market-oriented. Our findings are consistent with the learning theory that job referral can reduce information asymmetry between employees and employers at the beginning they meet, but the informational advantage diminishes over time as the employers know non-referred workers gradually.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2021.1948500

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