Targeting occupations for displaced workers: A test in Wisconsin regions

Review of Regional Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Thompson, Eric ^a   Shaffer, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RECESSION; JOB CREATION; REGIONAL PORTFOLIO VARIANCE; WORKER DISPLACEMENT;

USA, WISCONSIN;

EID: 0030417590     PISSN: 0048749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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