Are things really getting better?: The labour market experience of black and female youth at the start of the century

Capital & Class

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 23-52

  Cregan, Christina ^a  

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EID: 43249187942     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030981680207700102     Document Type: Article

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