Why is U.S. poverty higher in nonmetropolitan than in metropolitan areas?

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-76

  Fisher, Monica ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANEL DATA; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947603110     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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