Neighbors And Co-Workers: The Importance Of Residential Labor Market Networks / Judith K. Hellerstein, Melissa McInerney, David Neumark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hellerstein, Judith K.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

McInerney, Melissa.

Neumark, David.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14201.

NBER working paper series no. w14201

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Neighbors And Co-Workers

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2008.

Summary:

We specify and implement a test for the presence and importance of labor market network based on residential proximity in determining the establishments at which people work. Using matched employer-employee data at the establishment level, we measure the importance of these network effects for groups broken out by race, ethnicity, and various measures of skill. The evidence indicates that these types of labor market networks do exist and play an important role in determining the establishments where workers work, that they are more important for minorities and the less-skilled, especially among Hispanics, and that these networks appear to be race-based.

Notes:

Print version record

July 2008.