Convergence and mobility: Personal income trends in U.S. metropolitan and nonmetropolitan regions

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-63

  Hammond, George W ^a   Thompson, Eric ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Convergence; Income dynamics; Metropolitan; Mobility; Modality; Nonmetropolitan

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVERGENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; MOBILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30144442911     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017605279454     Document Type: Article

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