Tackling the NEET generation and the ability of policy to generate a 'NEET' solution - Evidence from the UK

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-259

  Pemberton, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; MODELING; YOUNG POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41449111612     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0654     Document Type: Article

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