Unemployment duration and employability in remote rural labour markets

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-200

  Lindsay, Colin ^a   McCracken, Martin ^a   McQuaid, Ronald W ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employability; Labour markets; Remote rural areas; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

JOB SEARCH; LABOR MARKET; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037377022     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0743-0167(02)00067-0     Document Type: Article

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