A tale of twelve cities: Metropolitan employment change in dynamic industries in the 1980s

Economic Geography

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Pollard, Jane ^a   Storper, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Dynamic industries; Employment growth; Metropolitan areas; Post Fordism; Postindustrialism; Services; Specialization

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GROWTH; INDUSTRIAL GROWTH; LABOUR MARKET; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

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EID: 0029849423     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/144499     Document Type: Review

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