Neighbors and coworkers: The importance of residential labor market networks

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 659-695

  Hellerstein, Judith K ^a   Mcinerney, Melissa ^b   Neumark, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b William and Mary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052596794     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/660776     Document Type: Article

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