Economic wellbeing and where we live: Accounting for geographical cost-of-living differences in the US

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2443-2466

  Curran, Leah Beth ^a   Wolman, Harold ^a   Hill, Edward W ^b   Furdell, Kimberly ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY DETERMINANT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WELFARE IMPACT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845243922     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600970698     Document Type: Article

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