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Informal social networks, organised crime and local labour market

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  • Antonella Mennella

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This paper’s purpose is to show a new informal social networks interpretation, according to which social networks change their nature if they are located in social contexts where organised crime is relevant. Here the perusal of a social network is just a necessary condition to enter the labour market rather than a deliberate choice. Moreover this labour market is the ground where favouritisms and social and electoral consensus policies take place

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  • Antonella Mennella, 2011. "Informal social networks, organised crime and local labour market," Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre' 0126, Department of Economics - University Roma Tre.
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    social networks; organised crime; labour market;
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    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)

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