A picture of male and female unemployment among Britain's ethnic minorities

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 182-197

  Blackaby, David ^a   Drinkwater, Stephen ^b   Leslie, Derek ^b   Murphy, Philip ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; MINORITY PEOPLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UK;

EID: 0030847290     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00052     Document Type: Article

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