Browsing Duke Faculty Scholarship by Author "Ross, Stephen L."

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Identifying Individual and Group Effects in the Presence of Sorting: A Neighborhood Effects Application

Bayer, Dr Patrick; Ross, Stephen L. (SSRN eLibrary, 2006)

Researchers have long recognized that the non-random sorting of individuals into groups generates correlation between individual and group attributes that is likely to bias naïve estimates of both individual and group ...
Place of Work and Place of Residence: Informal Hiring Networks and Labor Market Outcomes

Bayer, Dr Patrick; Ross, Stephen L.; Topa, Giorgio (Journal of Political Economy, 2008)

We use a novel research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions among neighbors on labor market outcomes. Specifically, using Census data that characterize residential and employment locations down ...