Urban interactions: Soft skills versus specialization

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-262

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Skill distribution; Soft skills

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; MODELING; SKILLED LABOR; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 60549104244     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn057     Document Type: Article

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