To support programs aimed at students not bound for college, in 2015, the Federal Reserve Banks of Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Atlanta identified occupations with above-average wages for workers without a bachelor's degree in the country’s 100 largest metropolitan areas. 17 The Reserve Banks made this information available to workforce development providers online and in workshops.
The more people use it and the more data it contains, the greater the attractiveness of a platform. Both properties favour the market leader and make it difficult for new entrants to gain a foothold in the market. Such network effects occur even in cases where the platform’s users are not in direct contact with one another.