Do urban agglomeration effects and household amenities have a skill bias?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-224

  Adamson, Dwight W ^a   Clark, David E ^b   Partridge, Mark D ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENITY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 3242761316     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2004.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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