Job insecurity and the difficulty of regaining employment: An empirical study of unemployment expectations

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 62, Issue , 2000, Pages 855-883

  Green, Francis ^a   Felstead, Alan ^b   Burchell, Brendan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013125449     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.0620s1855     Document Type: Article

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