Measuring the cost of the fear of unemployment: An information approach

Labour

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 481-507

  Leslie, Derek ^a   Blackaby, David ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; METHODOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 0032829632     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9914.00104     Document Type: Article

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