We specify and implement a test for the importance of network effects in determining the establishments at which people … importance of network effects for groups broken out by race, ethnicity, and various measures of skill, for networks generated by …

labor market network that includes not only the number of employed neighbors of a laid off worker, but also the gross hiring … rate at that person's neighbors' workplaces. We provide additional evidence from two alternative measures of network … neighbors' employers. We also find evidence suggesting that this effect is stronger via network connections that convey …