Cities and specialisation: Evidence from south Asia

Economic Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 503, 2005, Pages 477-504

  Fafchamps, Marcel ^a   Shilpi, Forhad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744370919     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2005.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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