Modelling local spatial poverty traps in England

Housing Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 127-147

  Meen, Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic modelling; Segregation; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MODELING; POVERTY; THRESHOLD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58849152713     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673030802547413     Document Type: Article

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