An application of taylor's power law to measure overdispersion of the unemployed in english labor markets

Geographical Analysis

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-133

  Greig, Alastair ^a   Dewhurst, John ^a   Horner, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LABOR MARKET; POWER LAW; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84928206014     PISSN: 00167363     EISSN: 15384632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gean.12046     Document Type: Article

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