TY - JOUR
T1 - The effect of social networks and concentrated poverty on black and hispanic youth unemployment
AU - O'Regan, Katherine M.
PY - 1993/12
Y1 - 1993/12
N2 - This paper examines empirically the effect of spatially concentrated poverty on minority youth employment and the role of "access" in youth labor markets. A model, in which information about jobs travels through social networks, links labor market outcomes and residential concentration of poverty. The empirical work uses U.S. Census employment data for the largest MSAs, in 1970 and 1980. The key findings are that, although concentration appears to have had no effect on black youth unemployment in 1970, the results for 1980 support "concentration effects" on unemployment for both black and hispanic youth. These effects are sizeable on average, and quite large in some cities.
AB - This paper examines empirically the effect of spatially concentrated poverty on minority youth employment and the role of "access" in youth labor markets. A model, in which information about jobs travels through social networks, links labor market outcomes and residential concentration of poverty. The empirical work uses U.S. Census employment data for the largest MSAs, in 1970 and 1980. The key findings are that, although concentration appears to have had no effect on black youth unemployment in 1970, the results for 1980 support "concentration effects" on unemployment for both black and hispanic youth. These effects are sizeable on average, and quite large in some cities.
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U2 - 10.1007/BF01583572
DO - 10.1007/BF01583572
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027739465
SN - 0570-1864
VL - 27
SP - 327
EP - 342
JO - The Annals of Regional Science
JF - The Annals of Regional Science
IS - 4
ER -