Landing a job in urban space: The extent and effects of spatial mismatch

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 331-372

  Johnson, Rucker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Job search; Spatial mismatch

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RACIAL DISPARITY; URBAN REGION;

EID: 33646375421     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00175.x     Document Type: Article

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