Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called'crisis of
masculinity'and contemporary changes in the labour market through the lives of young …

" Yinger writes as if four decades of protest and progressive legislation have barely altered
the terrain upon which minority Americans struggle for equality. He's right.... Yinger figures …

This paper examines the spatial patterns of unemployment in Chicago between 1980 and
1990. We study unemployment clustering with respect to different social and economic …

Many workers believe personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors.
On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals to screen and …

This paper explores the effects of peers, friends, family, IQ, and academic performance,
observed in the last year of high school, on earnings at ages 35 and 53. All significantly …

We construct a search equilibrium model for a city with central and suburban labor markets
that is consistent with the set of empirical regularities commonly associated with the spatial …

Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, US policymakers have shown interest in geo
graphically targeted urban economic development strategies, specifically in the form of …

This study contributes to the debates on both spatial mismatch and “social‐network”
mismatch by considering the independent effects of spatial and social accessibility on the …

In this article, the initial transitions of white working-class male post-compulsory school
leavers in two British cities are investigated. In the context of economic restructuring, the …

This paper investigates the link between social networks and the ability to find a job through
a personal contact among adult inner-city residents. Using data collected by the National …