Who wins from local economic development?: A supply decomposition of U.S. county employment growth

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-27

  Partridge, Mark D ^a   Rickman, Dan S ^b   Li, Hui ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit; Employment decomposition; Growth and commuters; Growth and migration; Local economic development

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR SUPPLY; LOCAL ECONOMY; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149510924     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242408322314     Document Type: Article

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