Neighbors and Coworkers: The Importance of Residential Labor Market Networks
利用企业-员工匹配数据，检验基于居住邻近性的劳动力市场网络对人们工作地点的影响，发现这类网络对少数族裔和低技能工人更重要，且具有种族基础。
We specify and implement a test for the presence and importance of labor market networks 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 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 they appear to be race based.