Work choices: The low productivity road to an underclass

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-232

  Cowling, Sally ^a   Lajeunesse, Robert ^a   Mitchell, William ^a   Watts, Martin ^a  

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Author keywords

Labour market deregulation; Minimum wages; Work Choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248598087     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2006.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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