Inequality in the creative City: Is there still a place for "Old-fashioned" institutions?

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-62

  Donegan, Mary ^a   Lowe, Nichola ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Creative class; Immigration; Inequality; Living wages; Unions

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ECONOMY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE UNION; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE GAP;

HARNESS;

EID: 42449141051     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242407310722     Document Type: Article

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