Increasing returns and spatial unemployment disparities

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-181

  Suedekum, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Increasing returns; Labour mobility; Migration; Regional unemployment; Wage curve

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; LABOR MOBILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

EID: 33747038947     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2005.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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