Social isolation and labor market insulation: Network and neighborhood effects on less-educated urban workers

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-216

  Elliott, James R ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033241127     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1999.tb00545.x     Document Type: Article

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