Growth and change in human capital across the canadian urban hierarchy, 1996-2001

Urban Studies

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1571-1586

  Brown, W Mark ^a   Newbold, K Bruce ^b   Beckstead, Desmond ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN CAPITAL; MIGRATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CANADA;

EID: 77952657032     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098009353625     Document Type: Article

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