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Who Do You Know & Who Knows You? Networks, Labor Markets, And Exclusion, Tabias J. Wimby
Who Do You Know & Who Knows You? Networks, Labor Markets, And Exclusion, Tabias J. Wimby
Senior Projects Spring 2018
This thesis takes an in depth look at one of the characteristics of the labor market that is frequently used but is not often discussed, social networks. The paper explains the way social networks are defined and built on an individual level, and how those networks are specifically utilized by agents of the market. This leads to the investigation into the exclusion of minorities in the market. This paper discusses the reasons that minorities are excluded from either the labor market or from better labor market opportunities, mainly because of cultural differences among groups. The final analysis of this paper …