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Social Interactions, Local Spillovers and Unemployment

Topa, G.·2001·The Review of Economic Studies
DOI 10.1111/1467-937x.00169
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I analyse a model that explicitly incorporates local interactions and allows agents to exchange information about job openings within their social networks. Agents are more likely to be employed if their social contacts are also employed. The model generates a stationary distribution of unemployment that exhibits positive spatial correlations. I estimate the model via an indirect inference procedure, using Census Tract data for Chicago. I find a significantly positive amount of social interactions across neighbouring tracts. The local spillovers are stronger for areas with less educated workers and higher fractions of minorities. Furthermore, they are shaped by ethnic dividing lines and neighbourhood boundaries.

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Authors
Topa, G.
Venue
The Review of Economic Studies
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2001-04-01
Volume
68
Issue
2
Pages
261-295
ISSN
  • 0034-6527 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-937X
DOI
10.1111/1467-937x.00169
OpenAlex
W1981551269
Cited by
733
References
35
FWCI
103.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
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