Reproducing Toronto's design ecology: Career paths, intermediaries, and local labor markets

Economic Geography

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-263

  Vinodrai, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Career paths; Design; Intermediaries; Local labor markets; Toronto

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; LABOR SUPPLY; SKILLED LABOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33749056700     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2006.tb00310.x     Document Type: Article

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