Inactivity and labour market attachment in Britain

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-54

  Little, Allan ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inactivity; Labour market attachment; Sickness and disability

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LABOR MARKET; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846685845     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Article

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