abstract: 'Using data from the Los Angeles Survey of Urban Inequality (LASUI)-part

  of a four-city,study that includes unique data on network connections as

  well as educational level, race/ethnicity, and English-language

  skills-we estimate how skill, spatial, and social mismatches influence

  labor market outcomes for employed male workers in Los Angeles County.

  We find that wage differences are impacted by both job growth in local

  areas and spatially based skill differences, as well as the quality of

  one''s social network. Network quality matters most for Angles and recent

  Asian immigrants; spatially based skill mismatches are more important

  for African Americans, U.S.-born Latinos, U.S.-born Asians, and Angles;

  and job growth per se is most important for recent Asian immigrants.

  Results suggest that business-attraction strategies alone will not

  insure that local skill and network gaps will be overcome. Consequently,

  more innovative policies are needed.'
affiliation: 'Pastor, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz,
  CA 95064 USA.

  Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA.

  Univ Calif Los Angeles, Sch Publ Policy \& Social Res, Lewis Ctr Reg Policy Studies,
  Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.'
author: Pastor, M and Marcelli, EA
author_list:
- family: Pastor
  given: M
- family: Marcelli
  given: EA
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.2747/0272-3638.21.6.474
files: []
issn: 0272-3638
journal: URBAN GEOGRAPHY
keywords: skill; spatial; mismatch; networks; inequality
keywords-plus: 'DIVISION-OF-LABOR; JOB SEARCH; EMPLOYMENT; NETWORKS; POVERTY;

  JOBLESSNESS; INEQUALITY; BLACK; CITY; AREA'
language: English
month: AUG-SEP
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '48'
pages: 474-496
papis_id: f78a60de8d938654176ac3ff6d002c16
ref: Pastor2000menn
times-cited: '19'
title: 'Men n the hood: Skill, spatial, and social mismatch among male workers in
  Los Angeles County'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000166516800002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '12'
volume: '21'
web-of-science-categories: Geography; Urban Studies
year: '2000'