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CENTER DISCUSSION PAPER NO. 927
Place of Work and Place of Residence: Informal Hiring Networks and
Labor Market Outcomes
Patrick Bayer
Yale University and NBER
Stephen L. Ross
University of Connecticut
Giorgio Topa
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
November 2005
Notes: Center Discussion Papers are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussions and critical
comments.
The authors are grateful for helpful suggestions and comments from Joe Altonji, Pat Bajari, Ed Glaeser,
Kevin Lang, Rob McMillan, David Neumark, Wilbert van der Klaauw, Ken Wolpin, and seminar
participants at AEA, Boston College, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Econometric Society, NY Fed, NYU,
Southern Methodist, Stanford and Yale. Shihe Fu and Anupam Nanda have provided excellent research
assistance. The authors are grateful to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, and the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economic Studies at the University
of Connecticut for financial support. The research in this paper was conducted while the authors were
Special Sworn Status researchers of the U.S. Census Bureau at the Boston Census Research Data Center
(BRDC). Research results and conclusions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the Census Bureau. This paper has been screened to insure that no confidential data
are revealed. The views and opinions offered in this paper do not necessarily reflect the position of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development or any other agency of the U.S. Government.
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