Are ghettos good or bad?

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 826-872

  Cutler, David M ^a   Glaeser, Edward L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RACIAL DISPARITY; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; THEORY; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN POVERTY;

EID: 0031414087     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003355397555361     Document Type: Article

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