Migrant and ethnic diversity, cities and innovation: Firm effects or city effects?

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 769-796

  Lee, Neil ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cities; Cultural diversity; Innovation; Migration; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HUMAN CAPITAL; IMMIGRATION; INNOVATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MULTICULTURALISM; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; URBAN ECONOMY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84930222720     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbu032     Document Type: Article

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