Trends in neighborhood income inequality in the U.S.: 1980-2000

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 879-891

  Wheeler, Christopher H ^a   La Jeunesse, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55449089268     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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