The geographies of online job search: Preliminary findings from Worcester, MA

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1223-1243

  Niles, Sarah ^a   Hanson, Susan ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INTERNET; JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0041386481     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a35253     Document Type: Article

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