The geography of opportunity and unemployment: An integrated model of residential segregation and spatial mismatch

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-377

  Howell Moroney, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SPATIAL MISMATCH; UNEMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26044453475     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2005.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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