How do low-skill workers fare in high growth areas? Job accessibility in Phoenix, 1995-2000

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-425

  Peck, Laura R ^a   Godchaux, John David ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NiJeL Community Impact Through Mapping   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Job accessibility; Poverty; Spatial mismatch

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749144475     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875540903272389     Document Type: Article

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