Neighborhood quality and labor market outcomes: Evidence from quasi-random neighborhood assignment of immigrants

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-166

  Damm, Anna Piil ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contacts; Labor market outcomes; Neighborhood quality; Referral; Residential job search networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891741833     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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