Employment concentration across U.S. counties

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-509

  Desmet, Klaus ^a,b   Fafchamps, Marcel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Ergodic distributions; Spatial distribution of employment; U.S. counties

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745821194     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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