Urban marginality and labour market restructuring: Local authority tenants and employment in an inner London borough

Urban Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1769-1789

  Watt, Paul ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; URBAN ECONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0041939717     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000106591     Document Type: Article

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