Human capital and economic activity in urban America

Regional Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1079-1090

  Abel, Jaison R ^a   Gabe, Todd M ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human capital; Knowledge; New economy; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRODUCTIVITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960622390     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343401003713431     Document Type: Article

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