Within cities and suburbs: Racial residential concentration and the spatial distribution of employment opportunities across sub-metropolitan areas

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 207-231

  Stoll, Michael A ^a   Holzer, Harry J ^b   Ihlanfeldt, Keith R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034410351     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6688(200021)19:2<207::AID-PAM3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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