Are labour markets necessarily 'Local'? Spatiality, segmentation and scale

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2203-2223

  Weller, Sally A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); SOCIAL NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 51649083038     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008095865     Document Type: Article

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