Informal sector responses to unemployment: An evaluation of the potential of Local Exchange Trading Systems (LETS)

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-359

  Williams, Colin C ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039009352     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017096010002008     Document Type: Article

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