Social policy as regional policy: Market and nonmarket factors determining regional inequality

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-450

  Silveira Neto, Raul M ^a   Azzoni, Carlos R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; REGIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL POLICY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84864316996     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2011.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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