The Network of Neighborhoods and Geographic Space: Implications for Joblessness While on Parole

Few studies have examined the consequences of neighborhoods for job prospects people on parole. Specifically, networks between in where commute to work and their spatial distributions may provide insight into patterns joblessness because they represent economic structure neighborhoods. We argue that network provides competition parole face labor market, mismatch from jobs, as well structural support. use data released Texas 2006 2010 create a all census tracts based commuting ties home work. estimate series multilevel models examining how structures are related joblessness. The findings indicate position has parole’s Higher outdegree, reflecting with more outgoing other neighborhoods, was consistently associated less joblessness, while higher indegree, incoming neighborhood, particularly Black Latino There also some evidence differences depending geographic scale. Structural neighborhood-to-neighborhood another component understanding most consistent support shown mechanisms, rather than mismatch.