Social Capital, Labour Markets, and Job-Finding in Urban and Rural Regions: Comparing paths to employment in prosperous cities and stressed rural communities in Canada

Sociological Review

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-330

  Matthews, Ralph ^a   Pendakur, Ravi ^a   Young, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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EID: 65449140507     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01831.x     Document Type: Article

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