Has the Disability Discrimination Act closed the employment gap?

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1261-1266

  Pope, Daniel ^a   Bambra, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK DISABILITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CIVIL RIGHTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 29244464755     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500075626     Document Type: Article

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