Routledge Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (J4)
A term used in the wage statistics of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (USA). This concept was introduced into the US census in 1950 to describe a metropolitan labour market in which COMMUTING connected cities and the surrounding areas.
See also: local labour market
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