Selective in-migration and income convergence and divergence across Belgian municipalities

Regional Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 905-921

  Peeters, Ludo ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amenities; Generalized maximum entropy; Heterogeneity; Income migration; Taxable incomes; Weak absolute convergence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE; HETEROGENEITY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAX SYSTEM;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIMBURG [BELGIUM]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48549099634     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701541839     Document Type: Article

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