Container ports, local benefits and transportation worker earnings

GeoJournal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-83

  Hall, Peter V ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Containerization; Dockworkers; Earnings; Port cities; Trucking; United States; Warehousing

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TRUCKS;

CONTAINERIZATION; DOCKWORKERS; EARNINGS; PORT CITIES; TRUCKING; UNITED STATES; WAREHOUSING;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

CONTAINERIZATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL TRADE; GLOBALIZATION; LOCAL ECONOMY; POLICY REFORM; PORT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRUCKING; WAGE GAP;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RUMEX;

EID: 58649093100     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-008-9215-z     Document Type: Article

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