Income convergence in the United States: A tale of migration and urbanization

Annals of Regional Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 365-377

  DiCecio, Riccardo ^a   Gascon, Charles S ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956011040     PISSN: 05701864     EISSN: 14320592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00168-008-0284-1     Document Type: Article

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