An analysis of poverty in the American South: How are metropolitan areas different from nonmetropolitan areas?

Contemporary Economic Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 372-382

  Levernier, William ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0042570810     PISSN: 10743529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cep/byg018     Document Type: Article

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