The topography of metropolitan employment: Identifying centers of employment in a polycentric urban area

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 519-541

  Redfearn, Christian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Employment density; Intraurban employment dynamics; Nonparametric; Subcenters; Urban economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147101636     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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