Workings of a city: location, education, and production

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 619-652

  Benabou, Roland ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION; PRODUCTIVITY EFFECT; RESIDENTIAL CHOICE;

EID: 0027770471     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2118403     Document Type: Article

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