Distance from urban agglomeration economies and rural poverty

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-310

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Rickman, Dan S ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATABASE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; GIS; LABOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42649095985     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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