Urban inequality revisited: The determinants of income distribution in U.S. metropolitan areas

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 759-777

  Chakravorty, Sanjoy ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000734852     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107808749603100604     Document Type: Article

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