Local analysis of economic disparities in Italy: A spatial statistics approach

Statistical Methods and Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-112

  Patacchini, Eleonora ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Local labor markets; Productivity; Regional disparities; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149124875     PISSN: 16182510     EISSN: 1613981X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10260-007-0054-8     Document Type: Article

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