Do labor market networks have an important spatial dimensionα

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 39-58

  Hellerstein, Judith K ^a   Kutzbach, Mark J ^b   Neumark, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b US Bureau of the Census   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial networks; Urban labor markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891748373     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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