Why Have Poorer Neighbourhoods Stagnated Economically while the Richer Have Flourished? Neighbourhood Income Inequality in Canadian Cities

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 877-896

  Chen, Wen Hao ^a   Myles, John ^b   Picot, Garnett ^a  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INSTABILITY; ECONOMIC PLANNING; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PENSION SYSTEM; URBAN ECONOMY;

CANADA;

EID: 84863278827     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011408142     Document Type: Article

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