Skills in the city

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-153

  Bacolod, Marigee ^a   Blum, Bernardo S ^b   Strange, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Skill distribution; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 58749095990     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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