Geography and high-tech employment growth in US counties

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 683-720

  Fallah, Belal ^a   Partridge, Mark D ^b   Rickman, Dan S ^c  

^a PALESTINE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; High technology industry; Regional employment growth

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; SPILLOVER EFFECT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902584138     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbt030     Document Type: Article

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