Poisson indices of segregation

Regional Science and Urban Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-85

  Mele, Angelo ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonparametric estimation; Spatial processes; Spatial segregation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL SEGREGATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 84873200204     PISSN: 01660462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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