This brief document is an introduction to the data files and other documentation resulting from the delineation of Commuting Zones (CZs) and Labor Market Areas (LMA's) with 1990 Census journey-to-work data. Check this document periodically for newly released files and reports.
PROJECT FUNDING: The work is funded through a cooperative agreement with the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. The research is also supported by U.S.D.A. Regional Project S-229.
BACKGROUND REFERENCES:
Tolbert, Charles M. and Molly Sizer. "U.S. Commuting Zones and Labor Market Areas: A 1990 Update." Staff Paper No. AGES-9614. Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Killian, Molly S. and Charles M. Tolbert. "Mapping Social and Economic Space: The Methodology of Defining Local Labor Markets." Pp. 69-79 in Singelmann, Joachim and F.A. Deseran (eds.), Inequality in Local Labor Markets, Boulder: Westview, 1993.
Tolbert, Charles M. and M. K. Killian. "Labor Market Areas for the United States." Staff Report No. AGES870721. 1987. Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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