Regional occupational and industrial structure: Does one imply the other?

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-90

  Barbour, Elisa ^a   Markusen, Ann ^b  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry; Occupation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; OCCUPATION; PROFITABILITY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845345921     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606296727     Document Type: Article

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