How to analyze the regional economy with occupation data

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 356-372

  Koo, Jun ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Occupation; Regional economy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27344437987     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242405279910     Document Type: Article

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