Cities, workers, and wages: A structural analysis of the urban wage premium

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 477-506

  Gould, E D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; RURAL AREA; WAGE GAP; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 33947680138     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2007.00428.x     Document Type: Article

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