Amenities and skill-biased agglomeration effects: Some results on Italian cities

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 503-527

  Dalmazzo, Alberto ^a   De Blasio, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Cities

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; SKILLED LABOR; URBAN ECONOMY; WAGE; WELFARE IMPACT;

ITALY;

EID: 79961050450     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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