Acquisition of skills, labor subsidies, and agglomeration of firms

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 420-439

  Toulemonde, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b IZA ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Economic geography; Education; Subsidies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846428132     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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