Use of credit and arrears on debt among low-income families in the United Kingdom

Fiscal Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-25

  Bridges, Sarah ^a   Disney, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442712769     PISSN: 01435671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5890.2004.tb00094.x     Document Type: Review

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