Explaining differences in the political meaning of unemployment across time and space

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 469-502

  Baxandall, Phineas ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036422001     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(02)00136-1     Document Type: Article

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