The contribution of hour constraints to working poverty in Britain

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 445-463

  Brown, Sarah ^a   Sessions, J G ^b   Watson, Duncan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low Pay; Poverty; Underemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247208042     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-006-0086-7     Document Type: Article

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