Analysis of county employment and income growth in Appalachia: A spatial simultaneous-equations approach

Empirical Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-45

  Gebremariam, Gebremeskel H ^a   Gebremedhin, Tesfa G ^b   Schaeffer, Peter V ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; Employment; Income; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH RATE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 77951145182     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0254-1     Document Type: Article

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