The global city thesis - Social polarization and changes in the distribution of wages

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-119

  Nørgaard, Helle ^a  

^a Danish Building and Urban Research ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distribution of wages; Global city thesis; New York; Occupational structures; Polarization

Indexed keywords

OCCUPATION; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; WAGE;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28444466583     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0467.00134     Document Type: Review

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