Is longer education a substitute for job search through social contacts?
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social contacts; young workers; labor market transitions; mobility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J62 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Job, Occupational and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2021-04-19 (Education)
- NEP-EUR-2021-04-19 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LMA-2021-04-19 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
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