Government policies and employers' attitudes towards long-term unemployed people in Northern Ireland

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-470

  Sheehan, Maura ^a,b   Tomlinson, Mike ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b St Catherine's College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032232092     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279498005364     Document Type: Article

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