Regional price levels and the agglomeration wage differential in western Germany

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-88

  Blien, Uwe ^a   Gartner, Hermann ^a   Stüber, Heiko ^a   Wolf, Katja ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMMODITY PRICE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WAGE GAP;

GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC;

EID: 59649088387     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-007-0205-8     Document Type: Article

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