Unemployment and economic hardship: A combined macro- and micro-level analysis of the relationship between unemployment and means-tested social assistance in Sweden

European Sociological Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  Stenberg, Sten Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032392577     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018223     Document Type: Article

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