The effects of vehicle ownership on employment

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-163

  Baum, Charles L ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Spatial mismatch hypothesis; Vehicles; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349412949     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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