The labour market and economic risk: 'Friend' or 'foe'?

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1209-1217

  Barrientos, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LABOR MARKET; RISK FACTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041344602     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000090672     Document Type: Article

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