Ambition, Human Capital Acquisition and the Metropolitan Escalator

Regional Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1042-1055

  Gordon, Ian R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Escalator region; Human capital; London; Migration; Social mobility; Urban labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929289794     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.799767     Document Type: Article

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