Regional wage differences in the netherlands: Micro evidence on agglomeration externalities

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 503-523

  Groot, Stefan P T ^a   de Groot, Henri L F ^a,b   Smit, Martijn J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TINBERGEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPLOYMENT; WAGE GAP;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84901852322     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jors.12070     Document Type: Article

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