Testing the spatial mismatch hypothesis using inter-city variations in industrial composition

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 505-532

  Weinberg, Bruce A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black white differences; Employment; Industrial composition; Spatial mismatch hypothesis

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MISMATCH; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EID: 4143102408     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0462(03)00072-3     Document Type: Article

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