Do history and geography matter? Regional unemployment dynamics in a resource-dependent economy: Evidence from Western Australia, 1984-2011

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2919-2938

  Plummer, Paul ^a   Tonts, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Regional development; Resource boom; Unemployment dynamics; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84883318425     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a45417     Document Type: Article

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