A Dynamic Model of Weak and Strong Ties in the Labor Market

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zenou, Yves
• 署名单位: Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/681098
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 891-932
• 关键词: job search methods; social networks; cultural transmission; information networks; EMPLOYMENT; RESOURCES; strength; outcomes; unemployment; wage

摘要

The study develops a simple model where workers can obtain a job through either their strong or weak ties. It shows that increasing the time spent with weak ties raises the employment rate of workers. It also shows that when the job-destruction rate or the job-information rate increases, workers choose to relymore on their weak ties to find a job. The model is extended so unemployed workers can also learn of a vacancy directly from an employer. Results show that equilibrium employment and time spent with weak ties are sometimes, but not in all cases, positively related.