Explaining Exit to Work among Social Assistance Recipients in Norway: Heterogeneity or Dependency?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 519-536+i

  Dahl, Espen ^a   Lorentzen, Thomas ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Fafo Research Foundation   (Norway)

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EID: 0348156843     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/19.5.519     Document Type: Article

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