Increasing returns: Evidence from local wage rates in Great Britain

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 716-739

  Fingleton, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR SUPPLY; WAGE DETERMINATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142156098     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/55.4.716     Document Type: Article

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