Poverty in Michigan small communities: Demand versus supply of labor

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-303

  Nizalov, Denys ^a   Schmid, Allan A ^b  

^a Kyiv School of Economics Ukraine   (Ukraine)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty; Rural and urban difference; Spatial aggregation

Indexed keywords

LABOR DIVISION; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; LIVING STANDARD; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; URBAN AREA;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45249118412     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017608318955     Document Type: Article

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