The Future of State and Local Economic Development Policy: What Research Is Needed

Growth and Change

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 545-562

  Bartik, Timothy J ^a  

^a WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; LOCAL ECONOMY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84869987839     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2012.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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