Do workers really benefit from their social networks ?

Francois Fontaine

No 2008011, Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) from Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Abstract: This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers can be matched together trough social network or trough more formal methods of search. We show that this crowding-out effect may be socially costly. For that reason, a policy increasing the social capital of the disadvantaged workers can increase the unemployment rate and decrease worker’s output.

Keywords: economic policy; matching; social networks; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 J64 J68 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28
Date: 2008-03-01
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