The concentration of unemployment within families and social networks: A question of attitudes or structural factors?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-59

  Nordenmark, Mikael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0033095972     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018254     Document Type: Article

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