After deindustrialization: Uneven growth and economic inequality in "Postindustrial" Chicago

Economic Geography

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-207

  Doussard, Marc ^a   Peck, Jamie ^b,c   Theodore, Nik ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicago; Deindustrialization; Economic growth; Labor market polarization; New economy; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

DEINDUSTRIALIZATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LABOR MARKET; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE GAP;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 72749096052     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2009.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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