Geographical distribution of unemployment: An analysis of provincial differences in Italy

Growth and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 649-670

  Cracolici, Maria Francesca ^a,b   Cuffaro, Miranda ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749088430     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2007.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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