New evidence on the wage curve: A spatial panel approach

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-191

  Elhorst, J Paul ^a   Blien, Uwe ^b   Wolf, Katja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Germany; Instrumental variables; Panel data; Spatial first differences

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; PANEL DATA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34147169148     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017606298426     Document Type: Article

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