The diversion from 'unemployment' to 'sickness' across British regions and districts

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 837-854

  Beatty, Christina ^a   Fothergill, Stephen ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Districts; Sickness; Social security; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; UNEMPLOYMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 27844464513     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500289804     Document Type: Article

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