Prospects for poor neighborhoods in the broadband era: Neighborhood-level influences on technology use at work

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Kaplan, David ^a   Mossberger, Karen ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

community development; labor force issues; technology policy

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; LABOR MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; TECHNOLOGY POLICY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856177513     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242411431450     Document Type: Article

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