Do workers benefit from industrial agglomeration?

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-827

  De Blasio, Guido ^a   Di Addario, Sabrina ^b  

^a Research Department   (Italy)

^b Economic Research Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; LABOR MOBILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747068804     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4146.2005.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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