Income disparity, time allocation, and social welfare in a system of cities

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-154

  Abdel Rahman, Hesham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME INEQUALITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TIME ALLOCATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 0031779889     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4146.00085     Document Type: Article

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