Employment growth in Italian local labour systems: Issues of model specification and sectoral aggregation

Spatial Economic Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 343-360

  Mameli, Francesca ^a   Faggian, Alessandra ^a   McCann, Philip ^a  

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EID: 67651033674     PISSN: 17421772     EISSN: 17421780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17421770802353030     Document Type: Article

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