A comprehensive profile of the working poor

Labour

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 517-529

  Gleicher, David ^a,b   Stevans, Lonnie K ^a,b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; LABOR; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 29144532952     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2005.00301.x     Document Type: Review

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