Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ596449
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Social Networks and the Employment Problem of the Urban Poor.
Reingold, David A.
Urban Studies, v35 n11 p1907-32 Oct 1999
Investigated the link between social networks and the ability to find a job through a personal contact among adult inner-city residents using data for 2,490 inner-city adults. Ethnic differences were found in the rate of finding jobs by word of mouth and in the way social networks connect job seekers. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Information Systems, Inner City, Job Search Methods, Labor Market, Poverty, Social Networks, Urban Areas
Taylor & Francis Inc., 47 Runway Rd., Suite 'G", Levittown, PA 19057-4700.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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