Productivity in cities: Self-selection and sorting

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 241-251

  Venables, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City; Economic geography; Productivity; Self selection; Sorting; Urban

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC THEORY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN ECONOMY;

EID: 79951536164     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq040     Document Type: Article

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