The urban hierarchy and domestic migration: The interaction of internal migration, disposable income and the cost of living, Sweden 1993-2002

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1051-1077

  Korpi, Martin ^a   Clark, William A V ^b   Malmberg, Bo ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disposable income; Local labour markets; Regional migration

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNAL MIGRATION; LABOR MARKET; POPULATION GROWTH;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80054679290     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbq043     Document Type: Article

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