of the location and timing of Wal-Mart openings that most likely biases the evidence against finding adverse effects of …

importance of network effects for groups broken out by race, ethnicity, and various measures of skill, for networks generated by … residential proximity. The evidence indicates that labor market networks play an important role in hiring, more so for minorities … and the less-skilled, especially among Hispanics, and that labor market networks appear to be race-based. …

We measure the impact of labor market referral networks defined by residential neighborhoods on re-employment following … mass layoffs. Because networks can only be effective when hiring is occurring, we focus on a measure of the strength of the … strength that try to disentangle the mechanism by which networks operate – either by conveying information to job seekers about …

One definition of social capital is the "networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular … this definition, is still very broad. Networks can be formed along many dimensions of society in which people interact … – neighborhoods, workplaces, extended families, schools, etc. We focus on networks whose existence fosters social capital in one …

We measure the impact of labor market referral networks defined by residential neighborhoods on re-employment following … mass layoffs. Because networks can only be effective when hiring is occurring, we focus on a measure of the strength of the … strength that try to disentangle the mechanism by which networks operate – either by conveying information to job seekers about …

One definition of social capital is the "networks of relationships among people who live and work in a particular … this definition, is still very broad. Networks can be formed along many dimensions of society in which people interact … - neighborhoods, workplaces, extended families, schools, etc. We focus on networks whose existence fosters social capital in one …

We test for evidence of spatial, residence-based labor market networks. Turnover is lower for workers more connected to … networks producing better job matches, while the latter could also reflect preferences for working with neighbors of the same …

importance of network effects for groups broken out by race, ethnicity, and various measures of skill, for networks generated by … residential proximity. The evidence indicates that labor market networks play an important role in hiring, more so for minorities … and the less-skilled, especially among Hispanics, and that labor market networks appear to be race-based. …

We study the relationship between Hispanic employment and location-specific measures of the distribution of jobs. We … Hispanics. This evidence is consistent with labor market networks being an important influence on the employment of less … the importance of labor market networks, as strong labor market networks are likely to have been especially important in …