Labour market adjustment in areas of chronic industrial decline: The case of the UK coalfields

Regional Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 627-640

  Beatty, Christina ^a   Fothergill, Stephen ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coalfields; Job loss; Migration; Regeneration; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001183666     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343409612331349928     Document Type: Article

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