Evaluating local job creation: A "job chains" perspective

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-34

  Felsenstein, Daniel ^a,b   Persky, Joseph ^c  

^a Institute of Urban and Regional Studies   (Austria)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; WAGE;

MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250666255     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360708976134     Document Type: Article

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