The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: A Review of Recent Studies and Their Implications for Welfare Reform

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 849-892

  Ihlanfeldt, Keith R ^a   Sjoquist, David L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Labor market; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000356221     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.1998.9521321     Document Type: Article

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