The spatial sorting and matching of skills and firms

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-55

  Mion, Giordano ^a   Naticchioni, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DATABASE; FIRM SIZE; SKILLED LABOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 63549115511     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5982.2008.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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