This paper sheds light on the role of social networks in the dynamics of a West African labour market, i.e. in the transitions from unemployment to employment, from wage employment to self-employment, and from self-employment to wage employment. It investigates the effects of three dimensions of thesocial network on these transitions: its structure, the strength of ties and the resources embedded in thenetwork. For this purpose, we use a first-hand survey conducted in Ouagadougou on a representative sample of 2000 households. Using event history data and very detailed information on social networks, we estimate proportional hazard models for discrete-time data. We find that social networkshave a significant effect on the dynamics of workers...
We study the influence of social networks on labor market transitions. We develop the first model wh...
International audienceThis paper examines the role and nature of entrepreneurs’ social networks in t...
The relevance of social networks sometimes referred to in Ghana as “whom you know” in the job acqui...
Dans cet article, nous analysons le rôle des réseaux sociaux dans la dynamique d'un marché du travai...
This paper sheds light on the role of social networks in the dynamics of workers in an urban labour ...
This paper sheds light on the role of family networks in the dynamics of a West African labour marke...
Social networks are increasingly being recognised as having an important influence on labour market ...
Across the globe, social networks influence labour market outcomes. This thesis investigates job net...
We study the influence of social networks on labour market transitions. We develop the first model w...
This paper examines the dynamic implications of social networks for the labour market outcomes of re...
We question whether the use of social networks to exit unemployment matters in Cameroon. We develop ...
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.This paper examines whether social networks ha...
Debates centered on the role of social networks as a determinant of labour mar-ket outcomes have a l...
Debates centered on the role of social networks as a determinant of labour market outcomes have a lo...
Social Networks and the Labor Market. This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature ab...
We study the influence of social networks on labor market transitions. We develop the first model wh...
International audienceThis paper examines the role and nature of entrepreneurs’ social networks in t...
The relevance of social networks sometimes referred to in Ghana as “whom you know” in the job acqui...
Dans cet article, nous analysons le rôle des réseaux sociaux dans la dynamique d'un marché du travai...
This paper sheds light on the role of social networks in the dynamics of workers in an urban labour ...
This paper sheds light on the role of family networks in the dynamics of a West African labour marke...
Social networks are increasingly being recognised as having an important influence on labour market ...
Across the globe, social networks influence labour market outcomes. This thesis investigates job net...
We study the influence of social networks on labour market transitions. We develop the first model w...
This paper examines the dynamic implications of social networks for the labour market outcomes of re...
We question whether the use of social networks to exit unemployment matters in Cameroon. We develop ...
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.This paper examines whether social networks ha...
Debates centered on the role of social networks as a determinant of labour mar-ket outcomes have a l...
Debates centered on the role of social networks as a determinant of labour market outcomes have a lo...
Social Networks and the Labor Market. This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature ab...
We study the influence of social networks on labor market transitions. We develop the first model wh...
International audienceThis paper examines the role and nature of entrepreneurs’ social networks in t...
The relevance of social networks sometimes referred to in Ghana as “whom you know” in the job acqui...