After Florida: Towards an economics of diversity

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-19

  Nathan, Max ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Creative class; diversity; economic development; immigration; innovation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRATION; INNOVATION; MULTICULTURALISM;

EUROPE;

EID: 84920083579     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776412463371     Document Type: Article

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