Economic roulette: When is a job not a job?

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 359-378

  Lein, Laura ^a   Benjamin, Alan F ^b   McManus, Monica ^c,d   Roy, Kevin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Moraine Valley Community College   (United States)

^d Intensive English   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Jobs; Poverty; Welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 28044450627     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800500262752     Document Type: Article

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