The rise of external economies in Beijing: Evidence from intra-urban wage variation

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-459

  Zheng, Siqi ^a,b   Peiser, Richard B ^b   Zhang, Wenzhong ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Commuting time; Intra urban wage variation; Job density; Transition economies; Urban form

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMMUTING; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; EMPLOYMENT; LOCATION DECISION; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70349098782     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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