Employment, income, and migration in appalachia: A spatial simultaneous equations approach

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-120

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POVERTY DETERMINANT; WAGE DETERMINATION;

APPALACHIANS;

EID: 79551651334     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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