Ethnic minority unemployment and spatial mismatch: The case of London

Urban Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1569-1596

  Fieldhouse, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; INNER CITY AREA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

LONDON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032843772     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098992935     Document Type: Article

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