Using budget constraints to illustrate poverty traps: The case of young part-time workers in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-177

  Dollery, Brian ^a   Fletcher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0008022110     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1997.tb01060.x     Document Type: Article

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