We survey the literature on the economic consequences of the structure of social networks.
We develop a taxonomy of “macro” and “micro” characteristics of social-interaction networks …

This paper analyzes the link between wages and outside employment opportunities. To
overcome the fact that factors that affect a worker's outside options may also impact her …

Social connections and referrals are ubiquitous in the labour market, both on the job-seeker
side and on the employer side. This article reviews recent developments in the study of …

This paper studies how social structure—the pattern of social links that connect individuals
in a community—affects labor markets. Under competing views on the role of networks …

Entrepreneurs, particularly in the developing world, often hire from their networks: friends,
family, and resulting referrals. Network hiring has two benefits, documented extensively in …

We study how active labor market policies affect the exchange of information and support
among job seekers. Leveraging a unique social network survey in Ethiopia, we find that a …

We discuss social network analysis from the perspective of economics. We organize the
presentaion around the theme of externalities: the effects that one's behavior has on others' …

This paper shows that brief social interactions can have a large impact on economic
outcomes when they occur in high-stakes decision contexts. I study this question using a …

In recent years, methods from network science are gaining rapidly interest in economics and
finance. A reason for this is that in a globalized world the interconnectedness among …

This paper presents descriptive evidence that although social networks are helpful to find
jobs, the jobs found through social networks tend to be mismatched. The paper uses …