Car ownership and the labor market of ethnic minorities

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 392-403

  Gautier, Pieter A ^a,b   Zenou, Yves ^c,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethnic minorities; Job search; Multiple job centers; Spatial labor markets; Transportation mismatch

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049126385     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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