The characteristics and location of home workers in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1781-1808

  Moos, Markus ^a   Skaburskis, Andrejs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRALIZATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR; LABOR MOBILITY; URBAN AREA;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MONTREAL; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TORONTO; VANCOUVER;

EID: 34548434783     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980701507639     Document Type: Article

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