Ability sorting and consumer city

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-33

  Lee, Sanghoon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ability sorting; Agglomeration economies; Consumption variety; Housing price; Productivity spillover; Urban wage premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952673649     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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