Neighborhood effects: Accomplishments and looking beyond them

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 343-362

  Ioannides, Yannis M ^a   Topa, Giorgio ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; JOB SEARCH; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 76349107841     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00638.x     Document Type: Article

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