The Location of Jobs in a Developing Metropolis: Patterns of Growth in Bogota and Cali, Colombia (World Bank Research Publication) - Hardcover

Lee, Kyu Sik

 
9780195207866: The Location of Jobs in a Developing Metropolis: Patterns of Growth in Bogota and Cali, Colombia (World Bank Research Publication)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0195207866 ISBN 13: 9780195207866
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 1989

Synopsis

The author presents descriptive statistics on employment location in Bogota and Cali, Colombia. He then presents analysis of a survey questionnaire answered by a sample of firms in the two cities. The book also includes three chapters of his econometric analysis of the determinants of business location. The text will interest administrators, economic strategists and business people actively concerned with Colombian economic affairs.

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Review

"Lee does a first-rate job in an area where analytically based efforts are yet scarce. The book's contents should prove an enduring methodological influence on the analysis of employment location in any urban context."--Journal of Regional Science"Timely and important....The volume is instructive to researchers, presenting an innovative combination of primary and secondary data, and a variety of analysis on location decision making in formal firms."--Economic Geography

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Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Publication date
1989
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195207866
ISBN 13 
9780195207866
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
191