Commuters, residents and job competition

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-577

  Pierrard, Olivier ^a,b  

^a L 2983   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commuters; Job competition; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); JOB SEARCH; LABOR MOBILITY; MODELING; UNEMPLOYMENT;

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

EID: 56449091012     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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