Gender and suburban wages

Economic Geography

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-253

  Carlson, Virginia L ^a   Persky, Joseph J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Monocentric model; Spatial entrapment thesis; Wages and suburbanization; Women's labor market

Indexed keywords

GENDER ROLE; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032704828     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1999.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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