Containment and mismatch: Gender differences in commuting in metropolitan labor markets

Urban Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 395-430

  Wyly, Elvin K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GENDER DISPARITY; LABOR MARKET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032464973     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.19.5.395     Document Type: Article

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