Poverty and worklessness in Britain

Economic Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 494, 2004, Pages

  Nickell, Stephen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; LABOR MARKET; POVERTY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842730614     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0133.2003.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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