Local employment impact of growth centres: Evidence from India

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2205-2235

  Sridhar, Kala Seetharam ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC FINANCE AND POLICY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH; INDUSTRIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33751170054     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600990480     Document Type: Article

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