Social networks and inequality

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 282-299

  Finneran, Lisa ^a   Kelly, Morgan ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Inequality; Labor market networks; Underclasses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037691816     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-1190(02)00513-2     Document Type: Article

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