Do the 'working poor' stay poor? An analysis of low pay transitions in Italy

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-110

  Cappellari, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

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EID: 0036589048     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00014     Document Type: Article

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