On the distributional aspects of urban growth

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-397

  Wheeler, Christopher H ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Earnings distributions; Urban growth; Wage inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642310618     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2003.10.005     Document Type: Article

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