Are employment zones successful? Evidence from the first four years

Local Economy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 389-403

  Bruttel, Oliver ^a  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

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EID: 28144438894     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207230500286533     Document Type: Review

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