Interregional wage disparities, relocation costs, and labor mobility in Canada

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 61-87

  Dickie, Mark ^a   Gerking, Shelby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME INEQUALITY; LABOUR MOBILITY; RELOCATION COSTS;

CANADA;

EID: 0031801063     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4146.00082     Document Type: Article

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