Poor people in poor places: Local opportunity structures and household poverty

Rural Sociology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 534-555

  Cotter, David A ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY; RURAL ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036941234     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2002.tb00118.x     Document Type: Article

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