Job creators

Manchester School

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 601-617

  Cowling, Marc ^a   Taylor, Mark ^a   Mitchell, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Université de Louvain   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 4043133778     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2004.00411.x     Document Type: Review

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