Growing Unequal? Changes in the Distribution of Earnings across Canadian Cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1377-1396

  Bolton, Kenyon ^a   Breau, Sébastien ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DATA SET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; GENDER; HETEROGENEITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINORITY GROUP; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN GROWTH; WAGE;

CANADA;

EID: 84859880566     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011410335     Document Type: Article

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