The segregation of labor markets along ethnic and gender lines is socially highly
consequential, and the social science literature has long viewed homophily and network …

We propose an equilibrium interaction model of occupational segregation and labor market
inequality between two social groups, generated exclusively through the documented …

We propose an equilibrium interaction model of occupational segregation and labor market
inequality between two social groups, generated exclusively through the documented …

Purpose–The introductory chapter to this special issue highlights contemporary scholarship
on networks, work, and inequality. Methodology–We review the last decade of research on …

Decades after the beginning of the gender revolution, most women and men still work in sex-
typed occupations. This is a primary driver of the gender wage gap. Most research …

Despite its relatively short history, the discipline of labor economics has already experienced
major changes in the recent past. While most studies used to be theoretical until the 1980s …

Does network recruitment contribute to the glass ceiling? We use administrative data from
two companies to answer the question. In the presence of gender homophily, recruitment …

We study the malleability of gender-specific preferences for work by exploiting the German
division and reunification as a natural experiment. We test whether the two political systems …

This paper analyzes the relationship between unexplained racial/ethnic wage differentials
on the one hand and social network segregation, as measured by inbreeding homophily, on …

Despite a long record of research on the sources of the gender wage gap, a large fraction of
gender wage differences remains unexplained. In this paper, we propose gender …