Space and the measurement of income segregation

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-272

  Dawkins, Casey J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C31 cross sectional models; R12 size and spatial distributions of regional economic activity; R14 land use patterns; Spatial models; Treatment effect models

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247379054     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2007.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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