Inner-city firms and the employment problem of the urban poor: Are poor people really excluded from jobs located in their own neighborhoods?

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 291-306

  Reingold, David A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033454565     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124249901300401     Document Type: Review

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