How important is access to jobs? Old question-improved answer

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-422

  Åslund, Olof ^a,b   Östh, John ^a   Zenou, Yves ^c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SNS   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endogenous location; Job access; Natural experiment; Spatial mismatch

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; REFUGEE; SPATIAL MISMATCH; WORKPLACE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78651322026     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp040     Document Type: Article

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