Cross-Generation Correlations of Union Status for Young People in Britain

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 391-415

  Blanden, Jo ^a   Machin, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0042418622     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00279     Document Type: Article

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