Employment status mobility from a life-cycle perspective: A sequence analysis of work-histories in the BHPS

Demographic Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 119-162

  Malo, Miguel A ^a   Muñoz Bullón, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042533588     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2003.9.7     Document Type: Article

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