Urbanization and structural transformation

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 535-586

  Michaels, Guy ^a   Rauch, Ferdinand ^a   Redding, Stephen J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GROWTH; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860432149     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qje/qjs003     Document Type: Article

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