Premium
Is the labor market tighter outside the ghetto? *
Author(s) -
Ihlanfeldt Keith R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/j.1435-5597.1999.tb00750.x
Subject(s) - spatial mismatch , metropolitan area , economics , labour economics , job market , demographic economics , geography , work (physics) , engineering , mechanical engineering , archaeology
. The purposes of this article are twofold. First, a critical review is provided of the traditional approach to empirically investigating the effects of labor market spatial mismatch on minority workers. Second, in lieu of analyzing the effects of mismatch as has been done in previous studies, the logically prior issue of whether spatial mismatch exists is investigated using establishment data from four large metropolitan areas. Results suggest that mean job vacancy rates and/or starting wages are lower in ghetto areas, suggesting that the labor market is tighter outside these areas. The evidence therefore supports the existence of spatial mismatch.