The real north-south divide? Regional gradients in UK male non-employment

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-95

  Anyadike Danes, Michael ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compositional data analysis; Non employment; Regional convergence; Sickness

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MORBIDITY; REGIONAL PATTERN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1042275430     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340031000162235     Document Type: Article

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